This D program demonstrates working with strings and Unicode code points, which are similar to runes in other languages. Here’s a breakdown of the concepts:
D strings are UTF-8 encoded by default.
The length property of a string gives the number of bytes, not the number of code points.
We use std.utf.count to count the number of Unicode code points in a string.
The foreach loop can iterate over a string’s code points directly.
std.utf.decode can be used to manually decode UTF-8 encoded strings.
std.utf.stride is used to determine the number of bytes in the current code point.
D uses dchar to represent a full Unicode code point.
When you run this program, you’ll see output similar to:
This example illustrates how D handles Unicode strings and provides tools for working with individual code points, which is crucial for text processing in a globalized world.