Function

GLiblocale_from_utf8

Declaration

gchar*
g_locale_from_utf8 (
  const gchar* utf8string,
  gssize len,
  gsize* bytes_read,
  gsize* bytes_written,
  GError** error
)

Description

Converts a string from UTF-8 to the encoding used for strings by the C runtime (usually the same as that used by the operating system) in the [current locale][setlocale]. On Windows this means the system codepage.

The input string shall not contain nul characters even if the len argument is positive. A nul character found inside the string will result in error G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE. Use g_convert() to convert input that may contain embedded nul characters.

Parameters

`utf8string`	`const gchar*`
	A UTF-8 encoded string.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
	The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
`len`	`gssize`
	The length of the string, or -1 if the string is nul-terminated.
`bytes_read`	`gsize*`
	Location to store the number of bytes in the input string that were successfully converted, or `NULL`. Even if the conversion was successful, this may be less than `len` if there were partial characters at the end of the input. If the error `G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE` occurs, the value stored will be the byte offset after the last valid input sequence.
	The argument will be set by the function.
	The argument can be `NULL`.
`bytes_written`	`gsize*`
	The number of bytes stored in the output buffer (not including the terminating nul).
	The argument will be set by the function.
	The argument can be `NULL`.
`error`	`GError **`
	The return location for a `GError*`, or `NULL`.

Return value

Returns:	An array of `guint8`
	A newly-allocated buffer containing the converted string, or `NULL` on an error, and error will be set.
	The length of the array is in the `bytes_written` argument.
	The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.