uconvert_size(3) - Linux man page

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)