How to check if string contains Unicode characters?

Question

Question

Muhammad Waseem · Aug 4, 2021

Hi,

How to check if data string contains Unicode characters?

Thanks

Product version: IRIS 2021.1

Discussion (3)1

Log in or sign up to continue

Julius Kavay · Aug 4, 2021

if $ziswide(string) { write "Yes" } else { write "No" }

1 0

score 0 · Answer 1 · 2021-08-04T04:57:04-04:00

Muhammad Waseem · Aug 4, 2021

Thanks

0 0

score 0 · Answer 2 · 2021-08-04T05:25:52-04:00

By the way, if you ever have to check, if a string does contain ASCII chars only (0x00 - 0x7F), there is a simple trick:

if $zconvert(string,"O","UTF8")=string { write "7bit only" } else { write "chars with 8 or more bits" }