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Hi!
can anybody tell me what is a wide character in c++?
Jan 25 '07 #1
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Banfa
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A wide character is a character that is represented by more than 1 byte of data (most often represented by 2 bytes of data).

I believe it differes from a multi-byte character in that in a multi-byte character the bytes of data are handled as 2 separate 8 bit entities where as in a wide character they data is treated a single 16 bit entity.

But I don't really know.
Jan 25 '07 #2
sowmyth
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A wide character is a character that is represented by more than 1 byte of data (most often represented by 2 bytes of data).

I believe it differes from a multi-byte character in that in a multi-byte character the bytes of data are handled as 2 separate 8 bit entities where as in a wide character they data is treated a single 16 bit entity.

But I don't really know.
thanks ...........
Jan 25 '07 #3
RedSon
5,000 Expert 4TB
Wide characters are compatible with asian languages and other non ASCII character sets.
Jan 25 '07 #4

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