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Return the numeric value of the UTF‐8 code point at `codePoint`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlde_utf8util.h>`

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static
int
codePointValue(char const* codePoint);
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== Description

Return the numeric value of the UTF‐8‐encoded code point beginning at the specified `codePoint`. The behavior is undefined unless `codePoint` is the address of the first byte of a valid UTF‐8 encoded character.

== Return Value

numeric Unicode value of the encoded code point

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *codePoint*
| address of the first byte of a valid UTF‐8 code point
|===


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