SDL_utf8strlen - Man Page

Count the number of codepoints in a UTF-8 string.

Header File

Defined in SDL3/SDL_stdinc.h

Synopsis

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

size_t SDL_utf8strlen(const char *str);

Description

Counts the _codepoints_, not _bytes_, in str , excluding the null terminator.

If you need to count the bytes in a string instead, consider using

SDL_strlen ().

Since this handles Unicode, it expects the strings to be well-formed UTF-8 and not a null-terminated string of arbitrary bytes. Bytes that are not valid UTF-8 are treated as Unicode character U+FFFD (REPLACEMENT CHARACTER), so a malformed or incomplete UTF-8 sequence might increase the count by several replacement characters.

Function Parameters

str

The null-terminated UTF-8 string to read. Must not be NULL.

Return Value

Returns The length (in codepoints, excluding the null terminator) of src .

Thread Safety

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

Availability

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

See Also

·(3), SDL_utf8strnlen(3), ·(3), SDL_strlen(3)

Referenced By

SDL_strlen(3), SDL_strnlen(3), SDL_utf8strnlen(3), SDL_wcslen(3), SDL_wcsnlen(3).

SDL 3.2.2 Simple Directmedia Layer SDL3 FUNCTIONS