character set conversion in unix C

gucho · #1 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008

Hi,

Could anybody explain how to change the character set of a particular string in C in unix. we are using HP-UX as OS. We require to change the input string which is in cp1250 format to utf-8.

A sample code would help. Thnx in advance

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008

If you know how to do it at the command line with iconv, create a system() call to write it to a file.

There are C calls: iconv_open(), iconv(), iconv_close() if you need to do it extensively.

try man 3 iconv_open

Example code -
C Library Reference

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