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.TH "al_utf8_encode" "3alleg5" "" "Allegro reference manual" ""
.hy
.SH NAME
.PP
al_utf8_encode \- Allegro 5 API
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
#include\ <allegro5/allegro.h>

size_t\ al_utf8_encode(char\ s[],\ int32_t\ c)
\f[]
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Encode the specified code point to UTF\-8 into the buffer \f[C]s\f[].
The buffer must have enough space to hold the encoding, which takes
between 1 and 4 bytes.
This routine will refuse to encode code points above 0x10FFFF.
.PP
Returns the number of bytes written, which is the same as that returned
by al_utf8_width(3alleg5).
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
al_utf16_encode(3alleg5)