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C++ string conversion UTF8 <-> UTF16
#include <string>
#include <locale>
#include <codecvt>
//UTF-8 to UTF-16
std::string source;
//...
std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<char16_t>,char16_t> convert;
std::u16string dest = convert.from_bytes(source);
//UTF-16 to UTF-8
std::u16string source;
//...
std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<char16_t>,char16_t> convert;
std::string dest = convert.to_bytes(source);
@TheEpicFace007

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thank you so much

@nguyenvanhoangnhan

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thank you a lot,
im tryna convert wstring(utf16) <=> string(utf8), so i did a small fixes on your code.
here is it

// string (utf8) -> u16string -> wstring
wstring utf8_to_utf16(const string& utf8)
{
    wstring_convert<codecvt_utf8_utf16<char16_t>,char16_t> convert; 
    u16string utf16 = convert.from_bytes(utf8);
    wstring wstr(utf16.begin(), utf16.end());
    return wstr;
}
// wstring -> u16string -> string (utf8)
string utf16_to_utf8(const wstring& utf16) {
    u16string u16str(utf16.begin(), utf16.end());
    wstring_convert<codecvt_utf8_utf16<char16_t>,char16_t> convert; 
    string utf8 = convert.to_bytes(u16str);
    return utf8;
}

@GrinlexGH

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codecvt_utf8* with wstring_convert deprecated in C++17, removed in C++26

@snowyu

snowyu commented Mar 3, 2025

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wstring(wchar_t) is utf-32 on linux.

@TheEpicFace007

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It's in the standard library of cpp

@boreals-back-again

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It's in the standard library of cpp

What?

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