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Since UTF-8 is Lingo's native string encoding, and UTF-8 strings can be read into byteArrays (and v.v.), such UTF-8 encoding and decoding is built-in.<br /> |
Since UTF-8 is Lingo's native string encoding, and UTF-8 strings can be read into byteArrays (and v.v.), such UTF-8 encoding and decoding is built-in.<br /> |
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Relevant Lingo functions are:<br /> |
Relevant Lingo functions are:<br /> |
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- charToNum(string): converts single-character string to unicode code point (int)<br /> |
- charToNum (string): converts single-character string to unicode code point (int)<br /> |
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- numToChar(int): converts unicode code point (int) to single-character string<br /> |
- numToChar (int): converts unicode code point (int) to single-character string<br /> |
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- byteArray(string): creates byte array of UTF-8 bytes for string<br /> |
- byteArray (string): creates byte array of UTF-8 bytes for string<br /> |
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- byteArray.toHexString( |
- byteArray.toHexString (intStart, intLen): returns hex string representation of byte array (e.g. for printing)<br /> |
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- byteArray.readRawString (intLen, [strCharSet="UTF-8"]): reads a fixed number of bytes as a string |
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<lang Lingo>chars = ["A", "ö", "Ж", "€", "𝄞"] |
<lang Lingo>chars = ["A", "ö", "Ж", "€", "𝄞"] |
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put "Character Unicode (int) UTF-8 (hex) Decoded" |
put "Character Unicode (int) UTF-8 (hex) Decoded" |
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