stringprep_ucs4_to_utf8(3)

stringprep_ucs4_to_utf83

Api function

Usage

#include <stringprep.h>

char * stringprep_ucs4_to_utf8(const uint32_t * str, ssize_t len, size_t * items_read, size_t * items_written);

Arguments

const uint32_t * str

a UCS-4 encoded string

ssize_t len

the maximum length of str to use. If len < 0, then the string is terminated with a 0 character.

size_t * items_read

location to store number of characters read read, or NULL.

size_t * items_written

location to store number of bytes written or NULL. The value here stored does not include the trailing 0 byte.

Overview

Convert a string from a 32-bit fixed width representation as UCS-4. to UTF-8. The result will be terminated with a 0 byte.

Return value: a pointer to a newly allocated UTF-8 string. This value must be deallocated by the caller. If an error occurs, NULL will be returned.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 8 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 9–11
  7. 12
  8. 13
  9. Arch

Reporting bugs

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From libidn 1.44-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.