ugetx(3alleg)

ugetx3alleg

Low level helper function for reading unicode text data. allegro game programming library.

Usage

#include <allegro.h>

int ugetx(char **s);

int ugetxc(const char **s);

Overview

Low level helper function for reading Unicode text data. ugetxc is provided for working with pointer-to-pointer-to-const char data. Example:

   char *p = string;
   int first_letter, second_letter, third_letter;
   first_letter = ugetx(&p);
   second_letter = ugetx(&p);
   third_letter = ugetx(&p);

Return value

Returns the character pointed to by `s' in the current encoding format, and advances the pointer to the next character after the one just returned.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.