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The CharPrevExA function retrieves the pointer to the preceding character in a string. This function can handle strings consisting of either single- or multi-byte characters.

LPSTR CharPrevExA(

WORD CodePage,	// identifier of code page
LPCSTR lpStart,	// pointer to first character
LPCSTR lpCurrentChar,	// pointer to current character
DWORD dwFlags	// reserved; must be zero
);

Parameters

CodePage

Identifier of the code page to use to check lead-byte ranges. Can be one of the code-page values provided in the “Code-Page Identifiers” table in Unicode and Character Set Constants or one of the following predefined values:

Value	Meaning
0	Use system default ANSI code page.
CP_ACP	Use system default ANSI code page.
CP_OEMCP	Use system default OEM code page.

lpStart

Pointer to the beginning of the string.

lpCurrentChar

Pointer to a character in a null-terminated string.

dwFlags

Reserved; must be zero.

Return Values

The return value is a pointer to the preceding character in the string, or to the first character in the string if the lpCurrentChar parameter equals the lpStart parameter.

See Also

CharNextExA, CharPrev