containing the converted string, which must be freed with [glib.global.gfree]. Otherwise null and error will be set.
convert
fn
ubyte[] convert(ubyte[] str, string toCodeset, string fromCodeset, out size_t bytesRead)Converts a string from one character set to another.
Note that you should use [glib.global.iconv] for streaming conversions. Despite the fact that bytes_read can return information about partial characters, the g_convert_... functions are not generally suitable for streaming. If the underlying converter maintains internal state, then this won't be preserved across successive calls to [glib.global.convert], [glib.global.convertWithIconv] or [glib.global.convertWithFallback]. (An example of this is the GNU C converter for CP1255 which does not emit a base character until it knows that the next character is not a mark that could combine with the base character.)
Using extensions such as "//TRANSLIT" may not work (or may not work well) on many platforms. Consider using [glib.global.strToAscii] instead.
Parameters
str | the string to convert. |
toCodeset | name of character set into which to convert str |
fromCodeset | character set of str. |
bytesRead | location to store the number of bytes in the input string that were successfully converted, or null. Even if the conversion was successful, this may be less than len if there were partial characters at the end of the input. If the error G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE occurs, the value stored will be the byte offset after the last valid input sequence. |
Returns
If the conversion was successful, a newly allocated buffer
Throws
[ErrorWrap]