Encoding

UTF-8 validation and codepoint counting facilities.

Info

To use declarations from this page, include the <essence/encoding.hpp> header.

usize encoding::count(std::string_view s)

Count the UTF-8 codepoints in a string. May also be called with a const char* or const std::string&

Example

std::string micro { "µ" };

assert(micro.length() == 2);
assert(encoding::count(micro) == 1);

bool encoding::validate(std::string_view s)

Determine UTF-8 validity of a string. May also be called with a const char* or const std::string&