Function
GLibucs4_to_utf16
Declaration [src]
gunichar2*
g_ucs4_to_utf16 (
const gunichar* str,
glong len,
glong* items_read,
glong* items_written,
GError** error
)
Description [src]
Convert a string from UCS-4 to UTF-16.
A nul character (U+0000) will be added to the result after the converted text.
Parameters
str-
Type: An array of
gunicharA UCS-4 encoded string.
The length of the array is specified in the lenargument.The data is owned by the caller of the function. len-
Type:
glongThe maximum length (number of characters) of
strto use. Iflenis negative, then the string is nul-terminated. items_read-
Type:
glong*Location to store number of bytes read, or
NULL. If an error occurs then the index of the invalid input is stored here.The argument will be set by the function. The argument can be NULL. items_written-
Type:
glong*Location to store number of
gunichar2written, orNULL. The value stored here does not include the trailing nul.The argument will be set by the function. The argument can be NULL. error-
Type:
GError **The return location for a recoverable error.
The argument can be NULL.If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to aNULLGError*.The argument will be left initialized to NULLby the function if there are no errors.In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.
Return value
Type: gunichar2*
A pointer to a newly allocated UTF-16 string.
This value must be freed with g_free().
| The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it. |