$codePage

The global compiler directive {$codePage} indicates how to interpret string literals.

available code pages

The FPC can understand following code pages:

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<code>{$codePage UTF8}</code></td>

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The code page can be selected either via a compiler directive or as a command-line parameter: ‑Fc… (where … is one of the code page names listed above).

use

Since FPC 3.0.0 every ANSIString is associated with a CP.

see also

• FPC Unicode support § “source file code page”
• “$CODEPAGE: Set the source codepage”
• Language Codes

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