NAME

       mchar_decode - Decode a code-point.

SYNOPSIS

       int mchar_decode (MSymbol charset_name, unsigned code)

DESCRIPTION

       Decode a code-point. The mchar_decode() function decodes code-point code in the charset
       represented by the symbol charset_name to get a character code.

RETURN VALUE

           If decoding was successful, mchar_decode() returns the decoded character code.
           Otherwise it returns -1.

SEE ALSO

           mchar_encode()

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
       Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
       (AIST)
       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of
       the GNU Free Documentation License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html>.