Asian Application Developer's Guide

Conversion for Korean Character Codes

The following routines perform character-based code conversion on the KS C 5601 character set. They convert characters between Completion code (or EUC format) and Combination code (or Packed code).

To use these routines, the library kle must be linked using the C compiler option -lkle. For more information, see the kconv(3x) man page.

Table B-8 Korean Code Conversion Functions

Routine 

Description 

comptopack

Converts a character in Completion code to Combination (Packed) code of KS C 5601-1987. 

packtocomp

Converts a character in Combination (Packed) code of KS C 5601-1987 to Completion code.  

wansuntojohap

Converts a character in Completion code to Combination (Packed) code of KS C 5601-1992. 

packtocomp

Converts a character in Combination (Packed) code of KS C 5601-1992 to Completion code .