Re: What is UTF-8?

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From: Just Me (groups_at_a-znet.com)
Date: 01/23/05 

Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 07:33:16 -0500

If I understand, some characters take more that 16 bits in UTF. How do they
look in memory? More than 2 bytes??

Thanks, I think the doc will make more sense now. I kept reading Unicode and
wondered which UTF they meant - now I see they meant Unicode because it is
in memory.

"Cor Ligthert" <notmyfirstname@planet.nl> wrote in message
news:%23lMHLSSAFHA.1188@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Just Me,
>
> UTF is a format on an external device.
>
> In memory it is for characters (strings) forever Unicode.
>
> I hope this helps?
>
> Cor
>

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