Text.FromUnicodeCodepoint: Equivalent String Method?

General
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Is there an equivalent method for String without using Text Datatype?

Var emoji As Text = Text.FromUnicodeCodepoint(128169) // Pile of Poo
2

Pre API 2 Chr (really)

In API 2 String.Chr

3

It was supposed to look more like this:

Var emoji As String = Encodings.UTF8.Chr(128169) // Pile of Poo

Do you really have to prepend Encodings.UTF8 every time?

4

Might not be what you are looking for, but using the HEX value can get you the same with less code writing:

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just basing my reply on the docs

http://documentation.xojo.com/api/text/chr.html
http://documentation.xojo.com/api/data_types/string.html.Chr

Chr was altered many many many years ago to return the unicode code point value when the passed value was > 127

You CAN use the Encoding.Chr form as well
http://documentation.xojo.com/api/text/encoding_text/textencoding.html#textencoding-chr

6

Strange…

String.Chr doesn’t compile

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Just going by the docs
String.Chr doesnt work in 2019r1 which I still use mostly :slight_smile: