uconvert_size(3)                Allegro manual                uconvert_size(3)



NAME
       uconvert_size - Number of bytes needed to store a string after
       conversion. Allegro game programming library.

SYNOPSIS
       #include <allegro.h>


       int uconvert_size(const char *s, int type, int newtype);

DESCRIPTION
       Finds out how many bytes are required to store the specified string `s'
       after a conversion from `type' to `newtype', including the mandatory
       zero terminator of the string. You can use U_CURRENT for either `type'
       or `newtype' as a shortcut to represent whatever text encoding format
       is currently selected. Example:

          length = uconvert_size(old_string, U_CURRENT, U_UNICODE);
          new_string = malloc(length);
          ustrcpy(new_string, old_string);

RETURN VALUE
       Returns the number of bytes required to store the string after
       conversion.


SEE ALSO
       need_uconvert(3), do_uconvert(3)



Allegro                          version 4.2.3                uconvert_size(3)
