arab1.cpp

arab1.cpp

#include <codecvt>
#include <fmt/format.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <locale>

int main() {
	std::string bytestring = "ئەرەب ئەلىفبەسى";
	std::cout << bytestring << "\n";
	fmt::print("{} contains {} byte, no idea of the char \n", bytestring, bytestring.size());

	//Declare from which encoding to which one you want to perform the conversion
	std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<wchar_t>> converter;
	
	std::wstring                                           wide = converter.from_bytes(bytestring);
	//this is not working
	//std::cout << wide << "\n";
	//fmt::print("{} contains {} byte, no idea of the char \n", wide, wide.size());
	fmt::print("{} contains {} byte and {} character \n", bytestring, bytestring.size(), wide.size());
}


produces

ئەرەب ئەلىفبەسى
ئەرەب ئەلىفبەسى contains 29 byte, no idea of the char 
ئەرەب ئەلىفبەسى contains 29 byte and 15 character