std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,StateT>::encoding, do_encoding

 

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has_facet use_facet	locale
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ctype_base codecvt_base messages_base	time_base money_base
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ctype ctype<char> ctype_byname	codecvt codecvt_byname
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messages	messages_byname

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codecvt_utf8 (C++11/17/26*)

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LC_ALLLC_COLLATELC_CTYPELC_MONETARYLC_NUMERICLC_TIME	setlocale localeconv lconv

 

std::codecvt

Member functions

codecvt::codecvt

codecvt::~codecvt

codecvt::outcodecvt::do_out

codecvt::incodecvt::do_in

codecvt::unshiftcodecvt::do_unshift

codecvt::encodingcodecvt::do_encoding

codecvt::always_noconvcodecvt::do_always_noconv

codecvt::lengthcodecvt::do_length

codecvt::max_lengthcodecvt::do_max_length

 

Defined in header <locale>
	(1)
public: int encoding() const throw();			(until C++11)
public: int encoding() const noexcept;			(since C++11)
		(2)
protected: virtual int do_encoding() const throw();				(until C++11)
protected: virtual int do_encoding() const noexcept;				(since C++11)

1) Public member function, calls the member function do_encoding of the most derived class.

2) If the encoding represented by this codecvt facet maps each internal character to the same, constant number of external characters, returns that number. If the encoding is variable-length (e.g. UTF-8 or UTF-16), returns ​0​. If the encoding is state-dependent, returns -1.

Return value

The exact number of externT characters that correspond to one internT character, if constant. ​0​ if the number varies, -1 if the encoding is state-dependent.

The non-converting specialization std::codecvt<char, char, std::mbstate_t> returns 1.

Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <locale>
 
int main()
{
    std::cout << "en_US.utf8 is a variable-length encoding, encoding() returns "
              << std::use_facet<std::codecvt<wchar_t, char, std::mbstate_t>>(
                     std::locale("en_US.utf8")
                 ).encoding() << '\n';
 
    std::cout << "zh_CN.gb18030 is also variable-length, encoding() == "
              << std::use_facet<std::codecvt<wchar_t, char, std::mbstate_t>>(
                     std::locale("zh_CN.gb18030")
                 ).encoding() << '\n';
 
    std::cout << "ru_RU.koi8r is a single-byte encoding, encoding() == "
              << std::use_facet<std::codecvt<wchar_t, char, std::mbstate_t>>(
                     std::locale("ru_RU.koi8r")
                 ).encoding() << '\n';
}

Output:

en_US.utf8 is a variable-length encoding, encoding() returns 0
zh_CN.gb18030 is also variable-length, encoding() == 0
ru_RU.koi8r is a single-byte encoding, encoding() == 1

See also

MB_CUR_MAX	maximum number of bytes in a multibyte character in the current C locale (macro variable)
do_max_length [virtual]	returns the maximum number of ExternT characters that could be converted into a single InternT character (virtual protected member function)