Byte Indices
Use the following tips:
Working with a bytewise index into a string presents problems similar to those posed by pointer manipulation. Consider this example, which scans a string for a backslash character:
while ( rgch[ i ] != '\\' ) i++;This might index a trail byte, not a lead byte, and thus it might not point to a character.
Use the _mbclen function to solve the preceding problem:
while ( rgch[ i ] != '\\' ) i += _mbclen ( rgch + i );This correctly indexes to a lead byte, hence to a character. The _mbclen function determines the size of a character (1 or 2 bytes).