utf8-char

pattern

Library: UTF-8 text processing (UTF8PAT legacy)
Include: utf8pat.xin

Declaration
utf8-char


Purpose

You can use utf8-char as a pattern to match UTF-8 encoded characters in your input data.

The following program converts a UTF-8 encoded file to a long character encoding (2 bytes for every character):

  include utf8pat.xin
  
  process
      submit file #main-input
  
  find utf8-char => char
      output "2f0b" % utf8-char-number char

For other related constants and keywords, see the UTF-8 text processing legacy library.