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Names of Unicode characters <code><uniname.h></code></a> </h1> + +<p>This include file implements the association between a Unicode character and +its name. +</p> +<p>The name of a Unicode character allows to distinguish it from other, similar +looking characters. For example, the character ‘<samp>x</samp>’ has the name +<code>"LATIN SMALL LETTER X"</code> and is therefore different from the character +named <code>"MULTIPLICATION SIGN"</code>. +</p> +<dl> +<dt><u>Macro:</u> unsigned int <b>UNINAME_MAX</b> +<a name="IDX237"></a> +</dt> +<dd><p>This macro expands to a constant that is the required size of buffer for a +Unicode character name. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><u>Function:</u> char * <b>unicode_character_name</b><i> (ucs4_t <var>uc</var>, char *<var>buf</var>)</i> +<a name="IDX238"></a> +</dt> +<dd><p>Looks up the name of a Unicode character, in uppercase ASCII. +<var>buf</var> must point to a buffer, at least <code>UNINAME_MAX</code> bytes in size. +Returns the filled <var>buf</var>, or NULL if the character does not have a name. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><u>Function:</u> ucs4_t <b>unicode_name_character</b><i> (const char *<var>name</var>)</i> +<a name="IDX239"></a> +</dt> +<dd><p>Looks up the Unicode character with a given name, in upper- or lowercase +ASCII. Returns the character if found, or <code>UNINAME_INVALID</code> if not found. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl> +<dt><u>Macro:</u> ucs4_t <b>UNINAME_INVALID</b> +<a name="IDX240"></a> +</dt> +<dd><p>This macro expands to a constant that is a special return value of the +<code>unicode_name_character</code> function. +</p></dd></dl> +<hr size="6"> +<table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0"> +<tr><td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="libunistring_6.html#SEC18" title="Beginning of this chapter or previous chapter"> << </a>]</td> +<td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="libunistring_8.html#SEC20" title="Next chapter"> >> </a>]</td> +<td valign="middle" align="left"> </td> +<td valign="middle" align="left"> </td> +<td valign="middle" align="left"> </td> +<td valign="middle" align="left"> </td> +<td valign="middle" align="left"> </td> +<td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="libunistring.html#SEC_Top" title="Cover (top) of document">Top</a>]</td> +<td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="libunistring.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents">Contents</a>]</td> +<td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="libunistring_18.html#SEC71" title="Index">Index</a>]</td> +<td valign="middle" align="left">[<a href="libunistring_abt.html#SEC_About" title="About (help)"> ? </a>]</td> +</tr></table> +<p> + <font size="-1"> + This document was generated by <em>Bruno Haible</em> on <em>July, 1 2009</em> using <a href="http://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/"><em>texi2html 1.78a</em></a>. + </font> + <br> + +</p> +</body> +</html> |