std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,StateT>:: encoding, do_encoding

Return value

The exact number of externT characters that correspond to one internT character, if constant. ​ 0 ​ if the number varies, - 1 if the encoding is state-dependent.

The non-converting specialization std:: codecvt < char , char , std:: mbstate_t > returns 1 .

Example

#include <iostream>
#include <locale>
 
int main()
{
    std::cout << "en_US.utf8 is a variable-length encoding, encoding() returns "
              << std::use_facet<std::codecvt<wchar_t, char, std::mbstate_t>>(
                     std::locale("en_US.utf8")
                 ).encoding() << '\n';
 
    std::cout << "zh_CN.gb18030 is also variable-length, encoding() == "
              << std::use_facet<std::codecvt<wchar_t, char, std::mbstate_t>>(
                     std::locale("zh_CN.gb18030")
                 ).encoding() << '\n';
 
    std::cout << "ru_RU.koi8r is a single-byte encoding, encoding() == "
              << std::use_facet<std::codecvt<wchar_t, char, std::mbstate_t>>(
                     std::locale("ru_RU.koi8r")
                 ).encoding() << '\n';
}

en_US.utf8 is a variable-length encoding, encoding() returns 0
zh_CN.gb18030 is also variable-length, encoding() == 0
ru_RU.koi8r is a single-byte encoding, encoding() == 1

See also