• pascal111 (2/2) Nov 16 2021 How can I use types to make string and char variables that hold
• H. S. Teoh (14/16) Nov 16 2021 For strings, just use `string`. :-) D strings are Unicode by default,
• Kagamin (2/2) Nov 17 2021 You can use the string type to hold non-ascii characters. Just a

pascal111 <judas.the.messiah.111 gmail.com> writes:

How can I use types to make string and char variables that hold 
French and Greek characters?

"H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh quickfur.ath.cx> writes:

On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 12:58:43AM +0000, pascal111 via Digitalmars-d-learn
wrote:
 How can I use types to make string and char variables that hold French
 and Greek characters?

For strings, just use `string`. :-)  D strings are Unicode by default,
no further effort is needed to use it.

Individual characters are a bit more tricky.  Usually you can just use
dchar, but keep in mind that a dchar is not always the same thing as an
on-screen character.  The latter can sometimes be composed of multiple
dchars; if for whatever reason you need to handle this distinction, you
need to use std.uni.Grapheme.  (It's a bad idea to use Grapheme by
default, because grapheme segmentation is very expensive and will slow
down your program if overused. Don't use it unless you actually need
to.)


T

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If the comments and the code disagree, it's likely that *both* are wrong. --
Christopher

Kagamin <spam here.lot> writes:

You can use the string type to hold non-ascii characters. Just a 
substring of another string.