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TOANSI(string, codepage)
TOANSI | Returns a string value converted to ANSI using the encoding of the Codepage parameter |
string | A string constant or string expression |
codepage | Codepage number used for encoding |
The TOANSI function returns a string value converted to ANSI using the encoding of the Codepage parameter. The value of the first parameter can be a Unicode string, an ANSI string, or even a numeric. The second parameter allows for conversions to/from ANSI strings encoded for languages other than the one in use by the OS.
As a side effect, the TOANSI function also allows to convert ANSI and Unicode strings to a character sequence encoded in UTF-8 by passing value 65001 as the second parameter.
Return Data Type: String
example:
idname string(40)
UTFid string(40)
CODE |
idname = 'widget' |
UTFid = TOANSI(idname, 65001) ! encoded to UTF8 |
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