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WSReleaseUTF16String() is declared in the WSTP header file (RefLink[wstp.h, paclet:ref/file/wstp.h]).

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OpenersExampleSection0(Spacer1)Basic Examples  (1)

#include "wstp.h"

/* read a UTF-16 encoded string from a link and then release the memory to WSTP for deallocation */

void f(WSLINK lp)
{
	const unsigned short *string;
	int number_of_codes;
	int number_of_characters;

	if(! WSGetUTF16String(lp, &string, &number_of_codes, &number_of_characters))
		{ /* unable to read the UTF-16 encoded string from lp */ }

	/* ... */

	WSReleaseUTF16String(lp, string, number_of_codes);
}

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