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FTCHARToUTF8_Convert::Convert

Converts a Source string into UTF8 and stores it in Dest.

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References

Module	Core
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/Core/Public/Containers/StringConv.h
Include	#include "Containers/StringConv.h"

Syntax

template<typename DestBufferType>
static int32 Convert
(
    DestBufferType Dest,
    int32 DestLen,
    const TCHAR * Source,
    int32 SourceLen
)

Remarks

Converts a Source string into UTF8 and stores it in Dest.

Returns

The number of bytes written to Dest, up to DestLen, or -1 if the entire Source string could did not fit in DestLen bytes.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Dest	The destination output iterator. Usually ANSICHAR*, but you can supply your own output iterator. One can determine the number of characters written by checking the offset of Dest when the function returns.
DestLen	The length of the destination buffer.
Source	The source string to convert.
SourceLen	The length of the source string.

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