wide character

[sowmyth]

Hi!
can anybody tell me what is a wide character in c++?

[Banfa]

A wide character is a character that is represented by more than 1 byte of data (most often represented by 2 bytes of data).

I believe it differes from a multi-byte character in that in a multi-byte character the bytes of data are handled as 2 separate 8 bit entities where as in a wide character they data is treated a single 16 bit entity.

But I don't really know.

[sowmyth]

A wide character is a character that is represented by more than 1 byte of data (most often represented by 2 bytes of data).

I believe it differes from a multi-byte character in that in a multi-byte character the bytes of data are handled as 2 separate 8 bit entities where as in a wide character they data is treated a single 16 bit entity.

But I don't really know.

thanks ...........

[RedSon]

Wide characters are compatible with asian languages and other non ASCII character sets.