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Unicode C

Decode Literal String

Decode a literal string. See Avoid Non-usascii Literal Strings in Source Code

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <C_CkGlobalW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    const wchar_t *s;
    HCkStringBuilderW sb;
    HCkGlobalW glob;
    const wchar_t *s;

    //  It's best not to use non-usascii literal strings in source code.
    //  Instead, use a binary encoded representation of the string.

    //  This is the string "44ης Οδός, αρ.2" encoded as quoted-printable.
    //  Use Chilkat's online tool to prepare encoded strings: Online Binary Encoder
    //  Note: For strings that have very few us-ascii chars, it's better to use base64 encoding instead of quoted-printable.
    s = L"44=CE=B7=CF=82 =CE=9F=CE=B4=CF=8C=CF=82, =CE=B1=CF=81.2";
    sb = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    CkStringBuilderW_AppendEncoded(sb,s,L"quoted-printable");

    //  For programming languages where strings are exposed bytes, you can tell Chilkat globally
    //  to give you the utf-8 byte representation.
    //  For programming languages where strings are opaque objects, such as C#, it doesn't matter.
    glob = CkGlobalW_Create();
    CkGlobalW_putDefaultUtf8(glob,TRUE);

    s = CkStringBuilderW_getAsString(sb);


    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sb);
    CkGlobalW_Dispose(glob);

    }