LATIN1

LATIN1 function converts a UTF-8 byte sequence into the binary or latin1 equivalent.

COMMAND SYNTAX

    LATIN1(expression)

SYNTAX ELEMENTS

The expression is to be a UTF-8 encoded byte sequence, which is the default format when executing in International Mode.

EXAMPLE

       utf_line = CHAR( XTD('C3') )   \
             : CHAR( XTD('9F') )      \    ;* c3 9f: LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S
             : CHAR( XTD('C3') )      \
             : CHAR( XTD('9D') )    ;* c3 9d: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE
       lat_line = LATIN1(utf_line)
       CRT lat_line, SEQ(lat_line[1,1]), SEQ(lat_line[2,1])

The output of this program is: 

     ßÝ    223     221

NOTE

To run this example the following environment variables are to be set: 

     JBASE_I18N=1
     JBASE_CODEPAGE=utf8

Last update: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 15:34