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Returns the codepoints for the i-th through j-th character of the string passed.

Syntax

 utf8.byte ( )

Code Examples

Example 1 Example 2

server

This example will print every codepoint in the input string to the server console.

local input = "Ницца!"
local codepoints = { utf8.byte( input, 1, utf8.len(input) ) }

for index, codepoint in ipairs( codepoints ) do
    print( "Codepoint @ ".. index .." = ".. codepoint )
end

server

This example will print the codepoint of the first character (read: 'M') in the string literal.

local first = utf8.byte( "Multi Theft Auto", 1, 1 )
outputConsole( first ) -- 77

See Also

Reference

• Scripting Functions