Using Special Characters in Unicode

Unicode has a few special characters and characters that have unusual meanings in text strings. To avoid unexpected problems with these characters, use the rules provided in the following topics in your applications:

• Using ASCII Control Codes 0x000D and 0x000A
• Using Byte Order Marks
• Using Escape Sequences and Control Characters
• Using Line and Paragraph Separators
• Using Nonspacing Characters and Diacritics
• Using Null-terminated Strings

Related topics

Using Unicode and Character Sets