.. highlightlang:: us

.. _utf_from_locale:

utf_from_locale
===============

.. index:: utf_from_locale

.. us.tag  utf_from_locale NOTREADYENGLISH New500 FILE_MISC unicode

:ref:`utf_from_locale` creates a Unicode string from an 8-Bit-ANSI string using the
current local code page.

.. function::  ssTextUnicode = utf_from_locale(ssTextAnsi)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*ssTextUnicode* is a Unicode string.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: ssTextAnsi

   *ssTextAnsi* is an ANSI string.

.. us.example

**Example**

.. code-block:: none

   a b c €

.. us.history

**History**

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

   * - Version
     - Description
   * - 5.0.0
     - New

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-binary-and-text-files`,
   :ref:`utf_to_locale`

:sub:`id-607391`