.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: utf8_encode

.. _utf8_encode:

utf8_encode
===========

.. us.tag  utf8_encode NOTREADYENGLISH STR unicode New410 Changed500

:ref:`utf8_encode` converts an ANSI string to an UTF8 string.

.. function::  ssUTF8 = utf8_encode(ssAnsi)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*ssUTF8* is an UTF8 string.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: ssAnsi

   *ssAnsi* is an ANSI string.

.. us.history

**History**

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Version
     - Description
   * - 5.0.0
     - Unicode changes.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-strings`,
   :ref:`utf8_decode`

:sub:`id-2000931`