Demonstrates how to use the UnicodeCharacters Windows Runtime class in processing Unicode properties in a string. The sample focuses on a subset of the property methods in the class, since their usage pattern is the same. Nonetheless, it does demonstrate how to handle characters in the supplementary plane.
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Client: Windows 10
Server: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview
Phone: Windows 10
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