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.TH "al_ustr_size_utf16" "3alleg5" "" "Allegro reference manual" ""
.hy
.SH NAME
.PP
al_ustr_size_utf16 - Allegro 5 API
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

size_t al_ustr_size_utf16(const ALLEGRO_USTR *us)
\f[R]
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Returns the number of bytes required to encode the string in UTF-16
(including the terminating 0).
Usually called before al_ustr_encode_utf16(3alleg5) to determine the
size of the buffer to allocate.
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
al_ustr_size(3alleg5)