Character (Variable type)

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Character (Variable type)

In french: Character

The Character type is used to manipulate a character. This type of variable corresponds to a 1, 2 or 4-byte character, according to the string management mode and execution platform.

The Character type is nullable. For more details, see Allowing nullable types.

Remarks:

The Character type is not supported. It is replaced with the String type.
For a character, TypeVar returns the wlCharacter constant (value: 81).

Example

MyCharacter is character
MyCharacter = "D"

Syntax

Declaring and initializing a character variable Hide the details

<Variable name> is character = <Value>
OR

<Variable name> is character
<Variable name> = <Value>

<Variable name>:

Name of the variable to declare. When several variables of the same type are declared and initialized on the same line, only the last variable is initialized.

<Value>:

Value given to the variable.

Remarks

Default value

A declared and uninitialized "Character" variable corresponds to Charact(0).

Encoding of the Character type according to different platforms

The "Character" type is used to manipulate a character. This type of variable corresponds to a 1, 2 or 4-byte character, according to the string management mode and execution platform.

In Windows:
- in Ansi, a character is encoded on 1 byte,
- in Unicode, a character is encoded on 2 bytes.
In Linux:
- in Ansi, a character is encoded on 1 byte,
- in Unicode, a character is encoded on 4 bytes.
In iOS, in Unicode, a character is coded on 4 bytes.

ANSI/Unicode

If the current configuration uses ANSI strings at runtime, the Character variables will be ANSI characters (default behavior).
If the current configuration uses Unicode strings at runtime, the Character variables will be Unicode characters.

Reminder: To change the string format in the current configuration:

Open the project description window: on the "Project" tab, in the "Project" group, click "Description".
In the "Project" tab, click "Configuration description".
In the window that appears, go to the "Unicode" tab and select the desired mode.

Differences between WINDEV/WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile

In WINDEV and WEBDEV, ANSI characters are used by default.
In WINDEV and WEBDEV, Unicode characters are used by default.