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.TH Text.from_utf16 3 2026-03-08 "Tomo man-pages"
.SH NAME
Text.from_utf16 \- convert UTF16 list to text
.SH LIBRARY
Tomo Standard Library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BI Text.from_utf16\ :\ func(bytes:\ [Int16]\ ->\ [Text])
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Returns text that has been constructed from the given UTF16 sequence.


.SH ARGUMENTS

.TS
allbox;
lb lb lbx
l l l.
Name	Type	Description
bytes	[Int16]	The UTF-16 integers of the desired text. 
.TE
.SH RETURN
A new text based on the input UTF16 sequence after normalization has been applied.

.SH NOTES
The text will be normalized, so the resulting text's UTF16 sequence may not exactly match the input.

.SH EXAMPLES
.EX
assert Text.from_utf16([197, 107, 101]) == "Åke"
assert Text.from_utf16([12371, 12435, 12395, 12385, 12399, 19990, 30028]) == "こんにちは世界"
.EE
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR Tomo-Text (3)