.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: utf8_decode

.. _utf8_decode:

utf8_decode
===========

.. us.tag  utf8_decode NOTREADYENGLISH New410 STR unicode

:ref:`utf8_decode` converts an UTF8 string to an ANSI string.

.. function::  ssANSI = utf8_decode(ssUTF8)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*ssANSI*  is an ANSI string.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: ssUTF8

   *ssUTF8* is an UTF8 string.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-strings`,
   :ref:`utf8_encode`

:sub:`id-1958691`