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Leonid
Leonid

Reputation: 23480

How to initialize a const char* and/or const std::string in C++ with a sequence of UTF-8 character?

How to initialize a const char* and/or const std::string in C++ with a sequence of UTF-8 characters?

I'm using a regular expression API that accepts UTF8 string as const char*. The initialization code should be platform independent.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 5396

Answers (2)

vladasimovic
vladasimovic

Reputation: 326

Compiler - independent answer is also: Save the file in UTF-8 without BOM signature encoding.

const char* c = "ěščř"; //Just save the file in UTF-8 without BOM signature.

(See the comment of question.)
Btw, Windows console must bee set to UTF8. For many details see post into question.

Upvotes: 2

Nemanja Trifunovic
Nemanja Trifunovic

Reputation: 24561

This should work with any compiler:

const char* twochars = "\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88";

Upvotes: 9

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