mchar_decode(3m17n)

💖 mchar_decode — the m17n library's little decoder bestie 💖

okay so you found mchar_decode and you're like "what is this" — it's a function from The m17n Library, and ngl it's doing something very specific and very slay: turning a raw code-point into an actual character code. 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int mchar_decode (MSymbol charset_name, unsigned code)

like, that's the whole signature. two args, one int back. periodt. 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so. Decode a code-point. That's the mission statement, that's the whole vibe.

The mchar_decode() function decodes the code-point code in the charset represented by the symbol charset_name to get a character code. 🎀

so basically you hand it a charset (as a symbol) and a code-point, and it hands you back a character code. it's giving translator. it's giving interpreter energy. iykyk. 🔥

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🫶 RETURN VALUE 🫶

• if the decoding was successful, mchar_decode() returns the decoded character code ✨
• otherwise it returns -1 💀

that -1 is the "nope, didn't work" signal, so pls actually check for it, bestie, don't just assume everything ate. 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• mchar_encode() — the reverse-direction icon, go say hi 🌈

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)

Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.

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and that's the whole page, no crumbs left. this was Version 1.8.4, dated Mon Sep 25 2023 — mwah, go decode something iconic 💅✨🎀