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UTF-16 is a way to encode [[Unicode]] characters in 16-bit (2 byte) chunks. Characters using UTF-16 encoding can be stored in '''wchar_t''' variables or arrays, or '''wstring''' objects, but may not handle surrogates properly if mishandled. | |||
'''UTF-16''' is a way to encode [[Unicode]] characters in 16-bit (2 byte) chunks. Characters using UTF-16 encoding can be stored in '''wchar_t''' variables or arrays, or '''wstring''' objects, but may not handle surrogates properly if mishandled. | |||
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-16 UTF-16 article on Wikipedia] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-16 UTF-16 article on Wikipedia] | ||
* [http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html Joel Spolsky's "The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)"] | * [http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html Joel Spolsky's "The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)"] | ||
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UTF-16 is a way to encode Unicode characters in 16-bit (2 byte) chunks. Characters using UTF-16 encoding can be stored in wchar_t variables or arrays, or wstring objects, but may not handle surrogates properly if mishandled.
See also
- UTF-16 article on Wikipedia
- Joel Spolsky's "The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)"