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# go-utf8
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Package **utf8** implements encoding and decoding of UTF-8, for the Go programming language.
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This package is meant to be a replacement for Go's built-in `"unicode/utf8"` package.
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## Documention
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Online documentation, which includes examples, can be found at: http://godoc.org/github.com/reiver/go-utf8
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[](https://godoc.org/github.com/reiver/go-utf8)
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## Reading a Single UTF-8 Character
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This is the simplest way of reading a single UTF-8 character.
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```go
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var reader io.Reader
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// ...
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r, n, err := utf8.ReadRune(reader)
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```
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## Write a Single UTF-8 Character
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This is the simplest way of writing a single UTF-8 character.
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```go
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var writer io.Writer
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// ...
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var r rune
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// ...
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n, err := utf8.WriteRune(w, r)
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```
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## io.RuneReader
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This is how you can create an `io.RuneReader`:
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```go
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var reader io.Reader
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// ...
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var runeReader io.RuneReader = utf8.NewRuneReader(reader)
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// ...
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r, n, err := runeReader.ReadRune()
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```
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## io.RuneScanner
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This is how you can create an `io.RuneScanner`:
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```go
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var reader io.Reader
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// ...
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var runeScanner io.RuneScanner := utf8.NewRuneScanner(reader)
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// ...
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r, n, err := runeScanner.ReadRune()
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// ...
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err = runeScanner.UnreadRune()
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```
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## UTF-8
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UTF-8 is a variable length encoding of Unicode.
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An encoding of a single Unicode code point can be from 1 to 4 bytes longs.
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Some examples of UTF-8 encoding of Unicode code points are:
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<table>
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<thead>
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<tr>
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<td colspan="4" align="center">UTF-8 encoding</td>
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<td rowspan="2">value</td>
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<td rowspan="2">code point</td>
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<td rowspan="2">decimal</td>
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<td rowspan="2">binary</td>
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<td rowspan="2">name</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>byte 1</td>
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<td>byte 2</td>
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<td>byte 3</td>
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<td>byte 4</td>
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</tr>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<td><code>0b0,1000001</code></td>
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<td></td>
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<td></td>
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<td></td>
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<td>A</td>
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<td>U+0041</td>
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<td>65</td>
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<td><code>0b0000,0000,0100,0001</code></td>
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<td>LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><code>0b0,1110010</code></td>
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<td></td>
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<td></td>
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<td></td>
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<td>r</td>
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<td>U+0072</td>
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<td>114</td>
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<td><code>0b0000,0000,0111,0010</code></td>
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<td>LATIN SMALL LETTER R</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><code>0b110,00010</code></td>
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<td><code>0b10,100001</code></td>
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<td></td>
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<td></td>
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<td>¡</td>
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<td>U+00A1</td>
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<td>161</td>
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<td><code>0b0000,0000,1010,0001</code></td>
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<td>INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><code>0b110,11011</code></td>
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<td><code>0b10,110101</code></td>
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<td></td>
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<td></td>
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<td>۵</td>
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<td>U+06F5</td>
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<td>1781</td>
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<td><code>0b0000,0110,1111,0101</code></td>
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<td>EXTENDED ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT FIVE</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><code>0b1110,0010</code></td>
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<td><code>0b10,000000</code></td>
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<td><code>0b10,110001</code></td>
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<td></td>
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<td>‱</td>
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<td>U+2031</td>
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<td>8241</td>
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<td><code>0b0010,0000,0011,0001</code></td>
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<td>PER TEN THOUSAND SIGN</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><code>0b1110,0010</code></td>
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<td><code>0b10,001001</code></td>
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<td><code>0b10,100001</code></td>
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<td></td>
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<td>≡</td>
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<td>U+2261</td>
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<td>8801</td>
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<td><code>0b0010,0010,0110,0001</code></td>
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<td>IDENTICAL TO</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><code>0b11110,000</code></td>
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<td><code>0b10,010000</code></td>
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<td><code>0b10,001111</code></td>
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<td><code>0b10,010101</code></td>
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<td>𐏕</td>
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<td>U+000103D5</td>
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<td>66517</td>
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<td><code>b0001,0000,0011,1101,0101</code></td>
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<td>OLD PERSIAN NUMBER HUNDRED</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><code>0b11110,000</code></td>
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<td><code>0b10,011111</code></td>
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<td><code>0b10,011001</code></td>
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<td><code>0b10,000010</code></td>
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<td>🙂</td>
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<td>U+0001F642</td>
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<td>128578</td>
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<td><code>0b0001,1111,0110,0100,0010</code></td>
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<td>SLIGHTLY SMILING FACE</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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## UTF-8 Versus ASCII
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UTF-8 was (partially) designed to be backwards compatible with 7-bit ASCII.
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Thus, all 7-bit ASCII is valid UTF-8.
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## UTF-8 Encoding
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Since, at least as of 2003, Unicode fits into 21 bits, and thus UTF-8 was designed to support at most 21 bits of information.
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This is done as described in the following table:
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| # of bytes | # bits for code point | 1st code point | last code point | byte 1 | byte 2 | byte 3 | byte 4 |
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| 1 | 7 | U+000000 | U+00007F | `0xxxxxxx` | | | |
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| 2 | 11 | U+000080 | U+0007FF | `110xxxxx` | `10xxxxxx` | | |
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| 3 | 16 | U+000800 | U+00FFFF | `1110xxxx` | `10xxxxxx` | `10xxxxxx` | |
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| 4 | 21 | U+010000 | U+10FFFF | `11110xxx` | `10xxxxxx` | `10xxxxxx` | `10xxxxxx` |
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```
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