getCharacters(_:)

Declaration

func getCharacters(_ buffer: UnsafeMutablePointer<unichar>)

Parameters

• buffer:

  Upon return, contains the characters from the receiver. buffer must be large enough to contain all characters in the string ([string length]*sizeof(unichar)).

Discussion

Invokes getCharacters(_:range:) with buffer and the entire extent of the receiver as the range.

See Also

Related Documentation

• length

Deprecated

• string(withCString:)
• init(CString:)
• string(withCString:length:)
• init(CString:length:)
• init(CStringNoCopy:length:freeWhenDone:)
• string(withContentsOfFile:)
• init(contentsOfFile:)
• string(withContentsOf:)
• init(contentsOfURL:)
• write(toFile:atomically:)
• write(to:atomically:)
• cString()
• lossyCString()
• cStringLength()
• getCString(_:)