# Modifying strings

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**Created:** [March 3, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/modifying-strings/14492 "2026-03-03T04:18:56Z")\
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> [@jmafc](#):
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> If I were to code that in C or C++ using wide-strings and called `towupper()`, the assignment would be fine (and would not give me an eszett).

That wouldn’t be sufficient for `𐐨` ([U+10428](https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+10428)), since it’s made up of two UTF-16 code units.

(this is just one example; in general [working with Unicode strings is complicated](https://ziggit.dev/t/why-no-builtin-string-type/5326/2))

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