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GetCodepageByName function

In unit unixcp

Find code page by name.

Declaration

pascal
function GetCodepageByName(cpname: RawByteString): TSystemCodePage

Arguments

cpname

Name of code page.

Function result

Code page number corresponding to cpname or CP_NONE if none found.

Description

GetCodepageByName returns the code page number matching cpname. The supported code page names are the ones commonly in use in libiconv. Names are searched case-sensitively, with the exception that 'cpN' is converted to 'CPN', where N is a digit.

Errors

If no matching code page name is found, CP_NONE is returned.

See also

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