al_ustr_size_utf16(3alleg5)

✨ al_ustr_size_utf16 — Allegro 5 API ✨

okay bestie, so you know how this whole page lives in the Allegro 5 API section of the al_ustr_size_utf16(3alleg5) manual? yeah. that's the vibe. 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

size_t al_ustr_size_utf16(const ALLEGRO_USTR *us)

like, literally that. that's the whole thing. no cap. 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this function hands you back the number of bytes you'd need to encode that string in UTF-16 — and yes, it counts the terminating 0 too, don't forget the lil guy, he matters 💅

the way you'd usually use it? you call this first, before al_ustr_encode_utf16(3alleg5), purely to figure out how big your buffer needs to be before you go ahead and allocate it. it's giving "measure twice, cut once" but make it Unicode. 👑

not me being the pre-flight check for your buffer allocation. main character energy fr fr. 🌈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• al_ustr_size(3alleg5)

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k bye bestie, go allocate responsibly 💜

this lil page came straight out of the Allegro reference manual — al_ustr_size_utf16(3alleg5) edition, periodt 🎀✨🌸