Char.ConvertFromUtf32 Method

// This example demonstrates the Char.ConvertFromUtf32() method 
//                           and Char.ConvertToUtf32() overloads. 
using System;

class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
    int letterA = 0x0041;  //U+00041 = LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A 
    int music   = 0x1D161; //U+1D161 = MUSICAL SYMBOL SIXTEENTH NOTE 
    string s1;
    string comment   = "Create a UTF-16 encoded string from a code point.";
    string comment1b = "Create a code point from a UTF-16 encoded string.";
    string comment2b = "Create a code point from a surrogate pair at a certain position in a string.";
    string comment2c = "Create a code point from a high surrogate and a low surrogate code point.";

//  Convert code point U+0041 to UTF-16. The UTF-16 equivalent of  
//  U+0041 is a Char with hexadecimal value 0041.

    Console.WriteLine(comment);
    s1 = Char.ConvertFromUtf32(letterA);
    Console.Write("    1a) 0x{0:X} => ", letterA);
    Show(s1);
    Console.WriteLine();

//  Convert the lone UTF-16 character to a code point.

    Console.WriteLine(comment1b);
    letterA = Char.ConvertToUtf32(s1, 0);
    Console.Write("    1b) ");
    Show(s1);
    Console.WriteLine(" => 0x{0:X}", letterA);
    Console.WriteLine();

// ------------------------------------------------------------------- 

//  Convert the code point U+1D161 to UTF-16. The UTF-16 equivalent of  
//  U+1D161 is a surrogate pair with hexadecimal values D834 and DD61.

    Console.WriteLine(comment);
    s1 = Char.ConvertFromUtf32(music);
    Console.Write("    2a) 0x{0:X} => ", music);
    Show(s1);
    Console.WriteLine();

//  Convert the surrogate pair in the string at index position  
//  zero to a code point.

    Console.WriteLine(comment2b);
    music = Char.ConvertToUtf32(s1, 0);
    Console.Write("    2b) ");
    Show(s1);
    Console.WriteLine(" => 0x{0:X}", music);

//  Convert the high and low characters in the surrogate pair into a code point.

    Console.WriteLine(comment2c);
    music = Char.ConvertToUtf32(s1[0], s1[1]);
    Console.Write("    2c) ");
    Show(s1);
    Console.WriteLine(" => 0x{0:X}", music);
    }

    private static void Show(string s)
    {
    for (int x = 0; x < s.Length; x++)
        {
        Console.Write("0x{0:X}{1}", 
                       (int)s[x], 
                       ((x == s.Length-1)? String.Empty : ", "));
        }
    }
}
/*
This example produces the following results:

Create a UTF-16 encoded string from a code point.
    1a) 0x41 => 0x41
Create a code point from a UTF-16 encoded string.
    1b) 0x41 => 0x41

Create a UTF-16 encoded string from a code point.
    2a) 0x1D161 => 0xD834, 0xDD61
Create a code point from a surrogate pair at a certain position in a string.
    2b) 0xD834, 0xDD61 => 0x1D161
Create a code point from a high surrogate and a low surrogate code point.
    2c) 0xD834, 0xDD61 => 0x1D161

*/