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1-The [[global compiler directives|global compiler directive]]
2-
3-``` pascal
4-{$codePage}
5-```
6-
7-indicates how to interpret [[string]] literals.
1+The [[global compiler directives|global compiler directive]] `{$codePage}` indicates how to interpret [[string]] literals.
82
93## available code pages
104
115The [[FPC]] can understand following code pages:
126
137<table>
148<thead>
159<tr>
16-<th><p>code page</p></th>
17-<th><p>description</p></th>
10+<th>code page</th>
11+<th>description</th>
1812</tr>
1913</thead>
2014<tbody>
2115<tr>
22-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage CP437}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
23-<td><p>Original IBM PC or DOS Latin US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437">code page 437</a></p></td>
16+<td><code>{$codePage CP437}</code></td>
17+<td>Original IBM PC or DOS Latin US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437">code page 437</a></td>
2418</tr>
2519<tr>
26-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage CP850}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
27-<td><p>DOS Latin 1 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_850">code page 850</a></p></td>
20+<td><code>{$codePage CP850}</code></td>
21+<td>DOS Latin 1 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_850">code page 850</a></td>
2822</tr>
2923<tr>
30-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage CP852}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
31-<td><p>DOS Latin 2 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_852">code page 852</a></p></td>
24+<td><code>{$codePage CP852}</code></td>
25+<td>DOS Latin 2 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_852">code page 852</a></td>
3226</tr>
3327<tr>
34-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage CP856}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
35-<td><p>Hebrew, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_856">code page 856</a></p></td>
28+<td><code>{$codePage CP856}</code></td>
29+<td>Hebrew, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_856">code page 856</a></td>
3630</tr>
3731<tr>
38-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb5-1"><a href="#cb5-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage CP866}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
39-<td><p>Cyrillic script, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_866">code page 866</a></p></td>
32+<td><code>{$codePage CP866}</code></td>
33+<td>Cyrillic script, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_866">code page 866</a></td>
4034</tr>
4135<tr>
42-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb6"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb6-1"><a href="#cb6-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage CP874}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
43-<td><p>Thai, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_874">ISO/IEC 8859‑11</a></p></td>
36+<td><code>{$codePage CP874}</code></td>
37+<td>Thai, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_874">ISO/IEC 8859‑11</a></td>
4438</tr>
4539<tr>
46-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb7"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb7-1"><a href="#cb7-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage CP1250}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
47-<td><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1250">Windows‑1250</a></p></td>
40+<td><code>{$codePage CP1250}</code></td>
41+<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1250">Windows‑1250</a></td>
4842</tr>
4943<tr>
50-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb8"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb8-1"><a href="#cb8-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage CP1251}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
51-<td><p>Cyrillic script, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1251">Windows‑1251</a></p></td>
44+<td><code>{$codePage CP1251}</code></td>
45+<td>Cyrillic script, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1251">Windows‑1251</a></td>
5246</tr>
5347<tr>
54-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb9"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb9-1"><a href="#cb9-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage CP1252}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
55-<td><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1252">Windows‑1252</a></p></td>
48+<td><code>{$codePage CP1252}</code></td>
49+<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1252">Windows‑1252</a></td>
5650</tr>
5751<tr>
58-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb10"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb10-1"><a href="#cb10-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage CP1253}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
59-<td><p>Greek script, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1253">Windows‑1253</a></p></td>
52+<td><code>{$codePage CP1253}</code></td>
53+<td>Greek script, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1253">Windows‑1253</a></td>
6054</tr>
6155<tr>
62-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb11"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb11-1"><a href="#cb11-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage CP1254}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
63-<td><p>Turkish, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1254">Windows‑1254</a></p></td>
56+<td><code>{$codePage CP1254}</code></td>
57+<td>Turkish, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1254">Windows‑1254</a></td>
6458</tr>
6559<tr>
66-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb12"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb12-1"><a href="#cb12-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage CP1255}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
67-<td><p>Hebrew, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1255">Windows‑1255</a></p></td>
60+<td><code>{$codePage CP1255}</code></td>
61+<td>Hebrew, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1255">Windows‑1255</a></td>
6862</tr>
6963<tr>
70-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb13"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb13-1"><a href="#cb13-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage CP1256}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
71-<td><p>Arabic, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1256">Windows‑1256</a></p></td>
64+<td><code>{$codePage CP1256}</code></td>
65+<td>Arabic, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1256">Windows‑1256</a></td>
7266</tr>
7367<tr>
74-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb14"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb14-1"><a href="#cb14-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage CP1257}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
75-<td><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1257">Windows‑1257</a></p></td>
68+<td><code>{$codePage CP1257}</code></td>
69+<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1257">Windows‑1257</a></td>
7670</tr>
7771<tr>
78-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb15"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb15-1"><a href="#cb15-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage CP1258}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
79-<td><p>Vietnamese, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1258">Windows-1258</a></p></td>
72+<td><code>{$codePage CP1258}</code></td>
73+<td>Vietnamese, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1258">Windows-1258</a></td>
8074</tr>
8175<tr>
82-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb16"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb16-1"><a href="#cb16-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage 8859-1}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
83-<td><p>ISO Latin-1, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859-1">ISO/IEC 8859‑1</a></p></td>
76+<td><code>{$codePage 8859-1}</code></td>
77+<td>ISO Latin-1, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859-1">ISO/IEC 8859‑1</a></td>
8478</tr>
8579<tr>
86-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb17"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb17-1"><a href="#cb17-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage 8859-2}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
87-<td><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859-2">ISO/IEC 8859‑2</a></p></td>
80+<td><code>{$codePage 8859-2}</code></td>
81+<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859-2">ISO/IEC 8859‑2</a></td>
8882</tr>
8983<tr>
90-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb18"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb18-1"><a href="#cb18-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage 8859-5}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
91-<td><p>Cyrillic script, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859-5">ISO/IEC 8859‑5</a></p></td>
84+<td><code>{$codePage 8859-5}</code></td>
85+<td>Cyrillic script, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859-5">ISO/IEC 8859‑5</a></td>
9286</tr>
9387<tr>
94-<td><div class="sourceCode" id="cb19"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb19-1"><a href="#cb19-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage UTF-8}</span></span></code></pre></div>
95-<p><br />
96-</p>
97-<div class="sourceCode" id="cb20"><pre class="sourceCode pascal"><code class="sourceCode pascal"><span id="cb20-1"><a href="#cb20-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot">{$codePage UTF8}</span></span></code></pre></div></td>
98-<td><p>pseudo code page to switch back to UTF-8</p></td>
88+<td><code>{$codePage UTF-8}</code><br />
89+<code>{$codePage UTF8}</code></td>
90+<td>pseudo code page to switch back to UTF-8</td>
9991</tr>
10092</tbody>
10193</table>
10294
103-The code page can be selected either via a compiler directive or as a command-line parameter:
104-
105-```text
106-‑Fc…
107-```
108-
109-(where 
110-
111-```text
112-…
113-```
114-
115-is one of the code page names listed above).
95+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).
11696
11797## use
11898
119-Since [[FPC New Features 3.0.0|FPC 3.0.0]] every \[\[Ansistring\|
120-
121-```delphi
122-ANSIString
123-```
124-
125-\]\] is associated with a CP.
99+Since [[FPC New Features 3.0.0|FPC 3.0.0]] every [[Ansistring|ANSIString]] is associated with a CP.
126100
127101## see also
128102
129103- [[FPC Unicode support|FPC Unicode support § “source file code page”]]
130-- \[<https://freepascal.org/docs-html/current/prog/progsu88.html> “
131- ```text
132- $CODEPAGE
133- ```
134-
135-
136- Set the source codepage”\]
104+- [“`$CODEPAGE`: Set the source codepage”](https://freepascal.org/docs-html/current/prog/progsu88.html)
137105- [[Language Codes]]
138106
139107---
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