note BrowserUk <blockquote><i>I like that shorthand format, N/(N/a*)* and N/(n/a*)* , look very flexible for future encoding/decoding uses.</i></blockquote> <p>See also [id://987794]. <blockquote><i>the spec says '22 bits', but Perl code seems to use '24 bits' for each character with the high-order bits being '00'.</i></blockquote> <p>utf-8 is a variable width encoding. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utf-8#Description|Each character can require from 1 to 4(*) bytes]. <P><small>(*Or 6 bytes depending upon the wind direction and the phases of the moon(**).)</small> <p><smaller>(**<i>which moon</i> is left unspecified :)</smaller> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-171588"> <hr /> <font size=1 > <div>With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'</div> <div>Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.</div> <div>"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". </div> <div>In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. <p align=right>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/29/sas_versus_world_programming/|The start of some sanity?]</p></div> </font> </div></div> 987602 987842