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7.15 lou_charToDots

int lou_charToDots (
  const char *tableList,
  const widechar *inbuf,
  widechar *outbuf,
  int length,
  int mode)

This function is the inverse of lou_dotsToChar. It takes a widechar string in inbuf consisting of characters and converts it to a widechar string in outbuf consisting of dot patterns according to the specifications in tableList. length is the length of both inbuf and outbuf. The dot patterns in outbufbuf are in liblouis format if the mode bit ucBrl is not set and in Unicode format if it is set. The function returns 1 on success and 0 on failure.