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Package utf8 implements functions and constants to support text encoded in
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				<pre>const (
    <span id="RuneError">RuneError</span> = &#39;\uFFFD&#39;     <span class="comment">// the &#34;error&#34; Rune or &#34;Unicode replacement character&#34;</span>
    <span id="RuneSelf">RuneSelf</span>  = 0x80         <span class="comment">// characters below Runeself are represented as themselves in a single byte.</span>
    <span id="MaxRune">MaxRune</span>   = &#39;\U0010FFFF&#39; <span class="comment">// Maximum valid Unicode code point.</span>
    <span id="UTFMax">UTFMax</span>    = 4            <span class="comment">// maximum number of bytes of a UTF-8 encoded Unicode character.</span>
)</pre>
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Numbers fundamental to the encoding.
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			<h2 id="DecodeLastRune">func <a href="http://localhost:6060/src/unicode/utf8/utf8.go?s=8153:8201#L239">DecodeLastRune</a></h2>
			<pre>func DecodeLastRune(p []<a href="../../builtin/index.html#byte">byte</a>) (r <a href="../../builtin/index.html#rune">rune</a>, size <a href="../../builtin/index.html#int">int</a>)</pre>
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DecodeLastRune unpacks the last UTF-8 encoding in p and returns the rune and
its width in bytes. If p is empty it returns (RuneError, 0). Otherwise, if
the encoding is invalid, it returns (RuneError, 1). Both are impossible
results for correct, non-empty UTF-8.
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An encoding is invalid if it is incorrect UTF-8, encodes a rune that is
out of range, or is not the shortest possible UTF-8 encoding for the
value. No other validation is performed.
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			<pre class="code">b := []byte(&#34;Hello, 世界&#34;)

for len(b) &gt; 0 {
    r, size := utf8.DecodeLastRune(b)
    fmt.Printf(&#34;%c %v\n&#34;, r, size)

    b = b[:len(b)-size]
}
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			<p>Output:</p>
			<pre class="output">界 3
世 3
  1
, 1
o 1
l 1
l 1
e 1
H 1
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			<h2 id="DecodeLastRuneInString">func <a href="http://localhost:6060/src/unicode/utf8/utf8.go?s=9163:9219#L279">DecodeLastRuneInString</a></h2>
			<pre>func DecodeLastRuneInString(s <a href="../../builtin/index.html#string">string</a>) (r <a href="../../builtin/index.html#rune">rune</a>, size <a href="../../builtin/index.html#int">int</a>)</pre>
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DecodeLastRuneInString is like DecodeLastRune but its input is a string. If
s is empty it returns (RuneError, 0). Otherwise, if the encoding is invalid,
it returns (RuneError, 1). Both are impossible results for correct,
non-empty UTF-8.
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An encoding is invalid if it is incorrect UTF-8, encodes a rune that is
out of range, or is not the shortest possible UTF-8 encoding for the
value. No other validation is performed.
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			<pre class="code">str := &#34;Hello, 世界&#34;

for len(str) &gt; 0 {
    r, size := utf8.DecodeLastRuneInString(str)
    fmt.Printf(&#34;%c %v\n&#34;, r, size)

    str = str[:len(str)-size]
}
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			<p>Output:</p>
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世 3
  1
, 1
o 1
l 1
l 1
e 1
H 1
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			<pre>func DecodeRune(p []<a href="../../builtin/index.html#byte">byte</a>) (r <a href="../../builtin/index.html#rune">rune</a>, size <a href="../../builtin/index.html#int">int</a>)</pre>
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DecodeRune unpacks the first UTF-8 encoding in p and returns the rune and
its width in bytes. If p is empty it returns (RuneError, 0). Otherwise, if
the encoding is invalid, it returns (RuneError, 1). Both are impossible
results for correct, non-empty UTF-8.
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An encoding is invalid if it is incorrect UTF-8, encodes a rune that is
out of range, or is not the shortest possible UTF-8 encoding for the
value. No other validation is performed.
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for len(b) &gt; 0 {
    r, size := utf8.DecodeRune(b)
    fmt.Printf(&#34;%c %v\n&#34;, r, size)

    b = b[size:]
}
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			<pre class="output">H 1
e 1
l 1
l 1
o 1
, 1
  1
世 3
界 3
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			<pre>func DecodeRuneInString(s <a href="../../builtin/index.html#string">string</a>) (r <a href="../../builtin/index.html#rune">rune</a>, size <a href="../../builtin/index.html#int">int</a>)</pre>
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DecodeRuneInString is like DecodeRune but its input is a string. If s is
empty it returns (RuneError, 0). Otherwise, if the encoding is invalid, it
returns (RuneError, 1). Both are impossible results for correct, non-empty
UTF-8.
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An encoding is invalid if it is incorrect UTF-8, encodes a rune that is
out of range, or is not the shortest possible UTF-8 encoding for the
value. No other validation is performed.
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for len(str) &gt; 0 {
    r, size := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(str)
    fmt.Printf(&#34;%c %v\n&#34;, r, size)

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}
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			<pre class="output">H 1
e 1
l 1
l 1
o 1
, 1
  1
世 3
界 3
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			<h2 id="EncodeRune">func <a href="http://localhost:6060/src/unicode/utf8/utf8.go?s=10279:10316#L333">EncodeRune</a></h2>
			<pre>func EncodeRune(p []<a href="../../builtin/index.html#byte">byte</a>, r <a href="../../builtin/index.html#rune">rune</a>) <a href="../../builtin/index.html#int">int</a></pre>
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			<pre class="code">r := &#39;世&#39;
buf := make([]byte, 3)

n := utf8.EncodeRune(buf, r)

fmt.Println(buf)
fmt.Println(n)
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			<p>Output:</p>
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3
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			<pre>func FullRune(p []<a href="../../builtin/index.html#byte">byte</a>) <a href="../../builtin/index.html#bool">bool</a></pre>
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FullRune reports whether the bytes in p begin with a full UTF-8 encoding of a rune.
An invalid encoding is considered a full Rune since it will convert as a width-1 error rune.
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			<pre class="code">buf := []byte{228, 184, 150} <span class="comment">// 世</span>
fmt.Println(utf8.FullRune(buf))
fmt.Println(utf8.FullRune(buf[:2]))
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false
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			<pre>func FullRuneInString(s <a href="../../builtin/index.html#string">string</a>) <a href="../../builtin/index.html#bool">bool</a></pre>
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FullRuneInString is like FullRune but its input is a string.
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			<pre class="code">str := &#34;世&#34;
fmt.Println(utf8.FullRuneInString(str))
fmt.Println(utf8.FullRuneInString(str[:2]))
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			<pre class="output">true
false
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			<pre>func RuneCount(p []<a href="../../builtin/index.html#byte">byte</a>) <a href="../../builtin/index.html#int">int</a></pre>
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RuneCount returns the number of runes in p.  Erroneous and short
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fmt.Println(&#34;bytes =&#34;, len(buf))
fmt.Println(&#34;runes =&#34;, utf8.RuneCount(buf))
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runes = 9
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			<pre>func RuneCountInString(s <a href="../../builtin/index.html#string">string</a>) (n <a href="../../builtin/index.html#int">int</a>)</pre>
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RuneCountInString is like RuneCount but its input is a string.
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			<pre class="code">str := &#34;Hello, 世界&#34;
fmt.Println(&#34;bytes =&#34;, len(str))
fmt.Println(&#34;runes =&#34;, utf8.RuneCountInString(str))
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			<p>Output:</p>
			<pre class="output">bytes = 13
runes = 9
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			<h2 id="RuneLen">func <a href="http://localhost:6060/src/unicode/utf8/utf8.go?s=9883:9907#L313">RuneLen</a></h2>
			<pre>func RuneLen(r <a href="../../builtin/index.html#rune">rune</a>) <a href="../../builtin/index.html#int">int</a></pre>
			<p>
RuneLen returns the number of bytes required to encode the rune.
It returns -1 if the rune is not a valid value to encode in UTF-8.
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			<pre class="code">fmt.Println(utf8.RuneLen(&#39;a&#39;))
fmt.Println(utf8.RuneLen(&#39;界&#39;))
<span class="comment"></pre>
			
			<p>Output:</p>
			<pre class="output">1
3
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			<pre>func RuneStart(b <a href="../../builtin/index.html#byte">byte</a>) <a href="../../builtin/index.html#bool">bool</a></pre>
			<p>
RuneStart reports whether the byte could be the first byte of an encoded,
possibly invalid rune.  Second and subsequent bytes always have the top two
bits set to 10.
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			<pre class="code">buf := []byte(&#34;a界&#34;)
fmt.Println(utf8.RuneStart(buf[0]))
fmt.Println(utf8.RuneStart(buf[1]))
fmt.Println(utf8.RuneStart(buf[2]))
<span class="comment"></pre>
			
			<p>Output:</p>
			<pre class="output">true
true
false
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			<h2 id="Valid">func <a href="http://localhost:6060/src/unicode/utf8/utf8.go?s=12615:12640#L439">Valid</a></h2>
			<pre>func Valid(p []<a href="../../builtin/index.html#byte">byte</a>) <a href="../../builtin/index.html#bool">bool</a></pre>
			<p>
Valid reports whether p consists entirely of valid UTF-8-encoded runes.
</p>

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			<p>Code:</p>
			<pre class="code">valid := []byte(&#34;Hello, 世界&#34;)
invalid := []byte{0xff, 0xfe, 0xfd}

fmt.Println(utf8.Valid(valid))
fmt.Println(utf8.Valid(invalid))
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			<p>Output:</p>
			<pre class="output">true
false
</pre>
			
		
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			<h2 id="ValidRune">func <a href="http://localhost:6060/src/unicode/utf8/utf8.go?s=14008:14035#L504">ValidRune</a></h2>
			<pre>func ValidRune(r <a href="../../builtin/index.html#rune">rune</a>) <a href="../../builtin/index.html#bool">bool</a></pre>
			<p>
ValidRune reports whether r can be legally encoded as UTF-8.
Code points that are out of range or a surrogate half are illegal.
</p>

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			<p>Code:</p>
			<pre class="code">valid := &#39;a&#39;
invalid := rune(0xfffffff)

fmt.Println(utf8.ValidRune(valid))
fmt.Println(utf8.ValidRune(invalid))
<span class="comment"></pre>
			
			<p>Output:</p>
			<pre class="output">true
false
</pre>
			
		
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			<h2 id="ValidString">func <a href="http://localhost:6060/src/unicode/utf8/utf8.go?s=13282:13313#L471">ValidString</a></h2>
			<pre>func ValidString(s <a href="../../builtin/index.html#string">string</a>) <a href="../../builtin/index.html#bool">bool</a></pre>
			<p>
ValidString reports whether s consists entirely of valid UTF-8-encoded runes.
</p>

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			<p>Code:</p>
			<pre class="code">valid := &#34;Hello, 世界&#34;
invalid := string([]byte{0xff, 0xfe, 0xfd})

fmt.Println(utf8.ValidString(valid))
fmt.Println(utf8.ValidString(invalid))
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			<p>Output:</p>
			<pre class="output">true
false
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