On 3/10/2010 9:43 PM, Thomas Hruska wrote: > sandeepdey_c2 wrote: > >> Hello friends >> Was just bit confused with the concept of wide char and also multi byte char >> ... ca some1 throw some light on the same with some programmming examples!!! >> >> With Regards >> Sandeep Dey >> > Wide character implies a fixed width character. > Multibyte character implies a variable width character. > > A character is not necessarily a single byte. > > The use of the word 'character' here is rather vague. In Unicode, for > example, a single 'character' can be represented by multiple 'code > points', which, in turn, can span across many, many bytes. >
Here is a link for the OP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode While it doesn't answer the specific question, it will hopefully throw some light on the issue. -- John Gaughan http://www.johngaughan.net/
