Char.ConvertFromUtf32(Int32) Method

Definition

Namespace:: System

Assembly:: System.Runtime.dll

Assemblies:: mscorlib.dll, System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Converts the specified Unicode code point into a UTF-16 encoded string.

public:
 static System::String ^ ConvertFromUtf32(int utf32);

public static string ConvertFromUtf32 (int utf32);

static member ConvertFromUtf32 : int -> string

Public Shared Function ConvertFromUtf32 (utf32 As Integer) As String

Parameters

utf32: Int32

A 21-bit Unicode code point.

Returns

String

A string consisting of one Char object or a surrogate pair of Char objects equivalent to the code point specified by the utf32 parameter.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

utf32 is not a valid 21-bit Unicode code point ranging from U+0 through U+10FFFF, excluding the surrogate pair range from U+D800 through U+DFFF.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates the ConvertToUtf32 and ConvertFromUtf32 methods.

// This example demonstrates the Char.ConvertFromUtf32() method
//                           and Char.ConvertToUtf32() overloads.
using namespace System;
void Show( String^ s )
{
//   Console::Write( "0x{0:X}, 0x{1:X}", (int)s->get_Chars( 0 ), (int)s->get_Chars( 1 ) );
   Console::Write( "0x{0:X}, 0x{1:X}", (int)s[ 0 ], (int)s[ 1 ] );
}

int main()
{
   int music = 0x1D161; //U+1D161 = MUSICAL SYMBOL SIXTEENTH NOTE

   String^ s1;
   String^ comment1a = "Create a UTF-16 encoded string from a code point.";
   String^ comment1b = "Create a code point from a surrogate pair at a certain position in a string.";
   String^ comment1c = "Create a code point from a high surrogate and a low surrogate code point.";
   
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Convert the code point U+1D161 to UTF-16. The UTF-16 equivalent of 
   //  U+1D161 is a surrogate pair with hexadecimal values D834 and DD61.
   Console::WriteLine( comment1a );
   s1 = Char::ConvertFromUtf32( music );
   Console::Write( "    1a) 0x{0:X} => ", music );
   Show( s1 );
   Console::WriteLine();
   
   //  Convert the surrogate pair in the string at index position 
   //  zero to a code point.
   Console::WriteLine( comment1b );
   music = Char::ConvertToUtf32( s1, 0 );
   Console::Write( "    1b) " );
   Show( s1 );
   Console::WriteLine( " => 0x{0:X}", music );
   
   //  Convert the high and low characters in the surrogate pair into a code point.
   Console::WriteLine( comment1c );
   music = Char::ConvertToUtf32( s1[ 0 ], s1[ 1 ] );
   Console::Write( "    1c) " );
   Show( s1 );
   Console::WriteLine( " => 0x{0:X}", music );
}

/*
This example produces the following results:

Create a UTF-16 encoded string from a code point.
    1a) 0x1D161 => 0xD834, 0xDD61
Create a code point from a surrogate pair at a certain position in a string.
    1b) 0xD834, 0xDD61 => 0x1D161
Create a code point from a high surrogate and a low surrogate code point.
    1c) 0xD834, 0xDD61 => 0x1D161

*/

// This example demonstrates the Char.ConvertFromUtf32() method
//                           and Char.ConvertToUtf32() overloads.
using System;

class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
    int letterA = 0x0041;  //U+00041 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A
    int music   = 0x1D161; //U+1D161 = MUSICAL SYMBOL SIXTEENTH NOTE
    string s1;
    string comment   = "Create a UTF-16 encoded string from a code point.";
    string comment1b = "Create a code point from a UTF-16 encoded string.";
    string comment2b = "Create a code point from a surrogate pair at a certain position in a string.";
    string comment2c = "Create a code point from a high surrogate and a low surrogate code point.";

//  Convert code point U+0041 to UTF-16. The UTF-16 equivalent of
//  U+0041 is a Char with hexadecimal value 0041.

    Console.WriteLine(comment);
    s1 = Char.ConvertFromUtf32(letterA);
    Console.Write("    1a) 0x{0:X} => ", letterA);
    Show(s1);
    Console.WriteLine();

//  Convert the lone UTF-16 character to a code point.

    Console.WriteLine(comment1b);
    letterA = Char.ConvertToUtf32(s1, 0);
    Console.Write("    1b) ");
    Show(s1);
    Console.WriteLine(" => 0x{0:X}", letterA);
    Console.WriteLine();

// -------------------------------------------------------------------

//  Convert the code point U+1D161 to UTF-16. The UTF-16 equivalent of
//  U+1D161 is a surrogate pair with hexadecimal values D834 and DD61.

    Console.WriteLine(comment);
    s1 = Char.ConvertFromUtf32(music);
    Console.Write("    2a) 0x{0:X} => ", music);
    Show(s1);
    Console.WriteLine();

//  Convert the surrogate pair in the string at index position
//  zero to a code point.

    Console.WriteLine(comment2b);
    music = Char.ConvertToUtf32(s1, 0);
    Console.Write("    2b) ");
    Show(s1);
    Console.WriteLine(" => 0x{0:X}", music);

//  Convert the high and low characters in the surrogate pair into a code point.

    Console.WriteLine(comment2c);
    music = Char.ConvertToUtf32(s1[0], s1[1]);
    Console.Write("    2c) ");
    Show(s1);
    Console.WriteLine(" => 0x{0:X}", music);
    }

    private static void Show(string s)
    {
    for (int x = 0; x < s.Length; x++)
        {
        Console.Write("0x{0:X}{1}",
                       (int)s[x],
                       ((x == s.Length-1)? String.Empty : ", "));
        }
    }
}
/*
This example produces the following results:

Create a UTF-16 encoded string from a code point.
    1a) 0x41 => 0x41
Create a code point from a UTF-16 encoded string.
    1b) 0x41 => 0x41

Create a UTF-16 encoded string from a code point.
    2a) 0x1D161 => 0xD834, 0xDD61
Create a code point from a surrogate pair at a certain position in a string.
    2b) 0xD834, 0xDD61 => 0x1D161
Create a code point from a high surrogate and a low surrogate code point.
    2c) 0xD834, 0xDD61 => 0x1D161

*/

Class Sample
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Dim letterA As Integer = &H41    'U+00041 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A
      Dim music As Integer   = &H1D161 'U+1D161 = MUSICAL SYMBOL SIXTEENTH NOTE
      Dim s1 As String
      Dim comment   As String = "Create a UTF-16 encoded string from a code point."
      Dim comment1b As String = "Create a code point from a UTF-16 encoded string."
      Dim comment2b As String = "Create a code point from a surrogate pair at a certain position in a string."
      Dim comment2c As String = "Create a code point from a high surrogate and a low surrogate code point."
      
      '  Convert code point U+0041 to UTF-16. The UTF-16 equivalent of 
      '  U+0041 is a Char with hexadecimal value 0041.

      Console.WriteLine(comment)
      s1 = [Char].ConvertFromUtf32(letterA)
      Console.Write("    1a) 0x{0:X} => ", letterA)
      Show(s1)
      Console.WriteLine()
      
      '  Convert the lone UTF-16 character to a code point.

      Console.WriteLine(comment1b)
      letterA = [Char].ConvertToUtf32(s1, 0)
      Console.Write("    1b) ")
      Show(s1)
      Console.WriteLine(" => 0x{0:X}", letterA)
      Console.WriteLine()
      
      ' -------------------------------------------------------------------

      '  Convert the code point U+1D161 to UTF-16. The UTF-16 equivalent of 
      '  U+1D161 is a surrogate pair with hexadecimal values D834 and DD61.

      Console.WriteLine(comment)
      s1 = [Char].ConvertFromUtf32(music)
      Console.Write("    2a) 0x{0:X} => ", music)
      Show(s1)
      Console.WriteLine()
      
      '  Convert the surrogate pair in the string at index position 
      '  zero to a code point.

      Console.WriteLine(comment2b)
      music = [Char].ConvertToUtf32(s1, 0)
      Console.Write("    2b) ")
      Show(s1)
      Console.WriteLine(" => 0x{0:X}", music)
      
      '  Convert the high and low characters in the surrogate pair into a code point.

      Console.WriteLine(comment2c)
      music = [Char].ConvertToUtf32(s1.Chars(0), s1.Chars(1))
      Console.Write("    2c) ")
      Show(s1)
      Console.WriteLine(" => 0x{0:X}", music)
   End Sub
   
   Private Shared Sub Show(s As String)
      Dim x As Integer
      If s.Length = 0 Then Exit Sub
      For x = 0 To s.Length - 1
         Console.Write("0x{0:X}{1}", _
                        AscW(s.Chars(x)), _
                        IIf(x = s.Length - 1, [String].Empty, ", "))
      Next 
   End Sub 
End Class 
'
'This example produces the following results:
'
'Create a UTF-16 encoded string from a code point.
'    1a) 0x41 => 0x41
'Create a code point from a UTF-16 encoded string.
'    1b) 0x41 => 0x41
'
'Create a UTF-16 encoded string from a code point.
'    2a) 0x1D161 => 0xD834, 0xDD61
'Create a code point from a surrogate pair at a certain position in a string.
'    2b) 0xD834, 0xDD61 => 0x1D161
'Create a code point from a high surrogate and a low surrogate code point.
'    2c) 0xD834, 0xDD61 => 0x1D161
'

Remarks

Use this method to convert a 21-bit Unicode code point to a UTF-16 encoded string before testing the string with methods such as IsLowSurrogate(Char) and IsHighSurrogate(Char).

A valid code point outside the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) always yields a valid surrogate pair. However, a valid code point within the BMP might not yield a valid result according to the Unicode standard because no linguistic processing is used in the conversion. For that reason, use the System.Text.UTF32Encoding class to convert bulk UTF-32 data into bulk UTF-16 data.

Applies to