[openbeos] Re: [sort of OT, flame-ish] Re: Re: AW: Re: AW: Locale Kit

  • From: burton666@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: 23 Dec 2003 11:21:54 -0000

>> Well, actually, non ascii charachters have a variable length (from 2 
>> to 4, IIRC). 'à', for example, is 2 bytes long.
>
>If the Unicode value U is:
>
>U < 128 : 1 byte 128 <= U < 2^12 : 2 bytes (e.g. accentuated letters)
>2^12 <= U < 2^18 : 3 bytes (e.g. japanese characters)
>2^18 <= U <= MAX_UNICODE : 4 bytes

Thanks for the explanation.
BTW, There was a big inaccuracy in what I wrote above. Since 'à' actually is an 
ASCII character (extended ASCII).


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