SYNOPSIS

int mchar_decode (MSymbol charset_name, unsigned code)

DESCRIPTION

Decode a code-point. The mchar_decode() function decodes code-point code in the charset represented by the symbol charset_name to get a character code.

RETURN VALUE

If decoding was successful, mchar_decode() returns the decoded character code. Otherwise it returns -1.

COPYRIGHT

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