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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. <var>NAME</var> can also be an alias name of a character. 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_19.html#SEC77" 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>Daiki Ueno</em> on <em>July, 8 2015</em> using <a href="http://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/"><em>texi2html 1.78a</em></a>. </font> <br> </p> </body> </html>