> On 14 Nov 2018, at 11:39 am, Monte Goulding via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> You generally want to use codepoint in 7+ generally where previously you >> used char unless you know you are dealing with a binary string and then you >> use byte. > > Sorry! I have written codepoints here when I was thinking codeunits! Use > codeunits rather than codepoints as they are a fixed number of bytes (2). > Codepoints may be 2 or 4 bytes so there is a cost in figuring out the number > of codepoints or the exact byte codepoint x refers to. So for chunk > expressions on unicode strings use `codeunit x to y`.
Argh… sorry again… codeunits are a fixed number of bytes but that fixed number depends on whether the string is native encoded (1 byte) or UTF-16 (2 bytes)! And for completeness codeunit/codepoint is not equivalent to char. If you really need to count graphemes then you will need to use char. Cheers Monte _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
