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utf8-encoded

function

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

Returns: a string representing the UTF-8 encoding of the specified Unicode character code


Declaration 
define string function utf8-encoded 
    value integer n


Purpose

You can use utf8-encoded to convert an integer containing a Unicode character code to a string of bytes containing the UTF-8 encoding of that character code.

The following program converts a long character encoding (2 bytes per character) to a UTF-8 encoding: 

  include utf8pat.xin
  
  process
      submit file #main-input
  
  find any{2} => char
      output utf8-encoded binary char

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