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A pointer to a single byte or multibyte characters strings character string points to its initial character. The length of the string is the number of bytes preceding the null character, and the value of a the string is the sequence of the values of the contained characters, in order.
A wide string is a contiguous sequence of wide characters terminated by and including the first null wide character. A pointer to a wide string points to its initial (lowest addressed) wide character. The length of a wide string is the number of wide characters preceding the null wide character, and the value of a wide string is the sequence of code values of the contained wide characters, in order.
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