What is the difference between Unicode MultiByte String?

Question

Hi,

In C++ and Vc++ what is the difference between Unicode MultiByte CharacterSet String?
Can I use MBCS for all languages? What are the languages supported by MBCS?
When we need to use Unicode in compiler setting and when we need to use MBCS?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello,
there are many such questions and answers in the web: search
All new Visual Studio projects set Unicode as a default.
Regards, Guido

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Hi @abc abc ,

Windows uses two character sets: ANSI and UNICODE. Among them, Unicode represents a character with 16/32 bits, and ANSI represents a character with 8 bits. The ANSI character standard uses 8 bits to represent a character, so there is no problem with ANSI being used to represent letters and numbers and common characters. But it cannot represent large character sets, such as Japanese and Chinese. The Unicode character standard uses 16/32 bits to represent a character, so Unicode can be used to represent Chinese or Japanese. In other words, Unicode is wider than ANSI and has a larger range. I have found some documents for you, please check Unicode and Multibyte Character Set (MBCS) Support and Unicode and MBCS carefully.

Best regards,

Elya

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