1.194 UnicodeString

Defined in namespace Smalltalk

Superclass: CharacterArray

Category: Collections-Text

My instances represent Unicode string data types. Data is stored as 4-byte UTF-32 characters

1.194.1 UnicodeString class: converting		(class)
1.194.2 UnicodeString class: multibyte encodings		(class)
1.194.3 UnicodeString: built-ins		(instance)
1.194.4 UnicodeString: converting		(instance)
1.194.5 UnicodeString: multibyte encodings		(instance)

1.194.1 UnicodeString class: converting

fromString: aString

Return the String, aString, converted to its Unicode representation. Unless the I18N package is loaded, this is not implemented.

1.194.2 UnicodeString class: multibyte encodings

defaultEncoding

Answer the encoding used by the receiver. Conventionally, we answer 'Unicode' to ensure that two UnicodeStrings always have the same encoding.

isUnicode

Answer true; the receiver stores characters.

1.194.3 UnicodeString: built-ins

hash

Answer an hash value for the receiver

1.194.4 UnicodeString: converting

asString

Returns the string corresponding to the receiver. Without the Iconv package, unrecognized Unicode characters become $? characters. When it is loaded, an appropriate single- or multi-byte encoding could be used.

asSymbol

Returns the symbol corresponding to the receiver

asUnicodeString

But I already am a UnicodeString! Really!

displayOn: aStream

Print a representation of the receiver on aStream

printOn: aStream

Print a representation of the receiver on aStream

1.194.5 UnicodeString: multibyte encodings

encoding

Answer the encoding used by the receiver. Conventionally, we answer 'Unicode' to ensure that two UnicodeStrings always have the same encoding.

numberOfCharacters

Answer the number of Unicode characters in the receiver. This is the same as #size for UnicodeString.