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Old 07-19-2006
IsDBCSLeadByteEx equivalent for unix

I am using IsDBCSLeadByteEx for windows, i would like to know whether there is any equivalent function in unix(linux) platform.
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Old 07-19-2006
There is none. locale is "codepage" and it works totally different from the way Windows maps keyboards, characters, and gylphs.

try man mbstowcs which creates a "normal" array from UTF-8 (unicode) character arrays.

You will have to roll your own.
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Old 07-20-2006
Thanks Jim !!!!
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