// crt_strlen.c // Determine the length of a string. For the multi-byte character // example to work correctly, the Japanese language support for // non-Unicode programs must be enabled by the operating system. #include <string.h> #include <locale.h> int main() { char* str1 = "Count."; wchar_t* wstr1 = L"Count."; char * mbstr1; char * locale_string; // strlen gives the length of single-byte character string printf("Length of '%s' : %d ", str1, strlen(str1) ); // wstrlen gives the length of a wide character string wprintf(L"Length of '%s' : %d ", wstr1, wcslen(wstr1) ); // A multibyte string: [A] [B] [C] [katakana A] [D] [ ] // in Code Page 932. For this example to work correctly, // the Japanese language support must be enabled by the // operating system. mbstr1 = "ABC" "x83x40" "D"; locale_string = setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "Japanese_Japan"); if (locale_string == NULL) { printf("Japanese locale not enabled. Exiting. "); exit(1); } else { printf("Locale set to %s ", locale_string); } // _mbslen will recognize the Japanese multibyte character if the // current locale used by the operating system is Japanese printf("Length of '%s' : %d ", mbstr1, _mbslen(mbstr1) ); // _mbstrlen will recognize the Japanese multibyte character // since the CRT locale is set to Japanese even if the OS locale // isnot. printf("Length of '%s' : %d ", mbstr1, _mbstrlen(mbstr1) ); printf("Bytes in '%s' : %d ", mbstr1, strlen(mbstr1) ); }
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