Question

I have a string and I want to check if the content is in English or Hindi(My local language). I figured out that the unicode range for hindi character is from U0900-U097F.

What is the simplest way to find if the string has any characters in this range?

I can use std::string or Glib::ustring depending on whichever is convenient.

Answer 1

Here is how you do it with Glib::ustring :

using Glib::ustring;

ustring x("सहस");    // hindi string
bool is_hindi = false;
for (ustring::iterator i = x.begin(); i != x.end(); i ++)
    if (*i >= 0x0900 && *i <= 0x097f)
        is_hindi = true;