---
name: "al_utf8_encode"
section: "3alleg5"
platform: "linux"
package: "allegro5-doc"
version: "2:5.2.10.1+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/al_utf8_encode/3alleg5"
---

# al\_utf8\_encode(3alleg5)

Allegro 5 API

## NAME

al\_utf8\_encode - Allegro 5 API

## SYNOPSIS

-

  ```
  #include <allegro5/allegro.h>
  size_t al_utf8_encode(char s[], int32_t c)
  ```

## DESCRIPTION

Encode the specified code point to UTF-8 into the buffer `s`. The buffer must have enough space to hold the encoding, which takes between 1 and 4 bytes. This routine will refuse to encode code points above 0x10FFFF.

Returns the number of bytes written, which is the same as that returned by al\_utf8\_width(3alleg5).

## SEE ALSO

al\_utf16\_encode(3alleg5)