// While Neko also includes some UTF-8 operations,
//  native strings are just arrays of bytes
var us = "¥·£·€·$·¢·₡·₢·₣·₤·₥·₦·₧·₨·₩·₪·₫·₭·₮·₯·₹";

// load some Std lib primitives
utfGet = $loader.loadprim("std@utf8_get", 2);
utfSub = $loader.loadprim("std@utf8_sub", 3);
utfAlloc = $loader.loadprim("std@utf8_buf_alloc", 1);
utfAdd = $loader.loadprim("std@utf8_buf_add", 2);
utfContent = $loader.loadprim("std@utf8_buf_content", 1);

// Pull out the Euro currency symbol from the UTF-8 currency sampler
var uc = utfGet(us, 4);
$print("UFT-8 code for '", utfSub(us, 4, 1), "': ", uc, "\n");

// Build a UTF-8 buffer
var buf = utfAlloc(4);

// Add a Pound Sterling symbol
uc = 8356;
utfAdd(buf, uc);
$print("UTF-8 code ", uc, ": ", utfContent(buf), "\n");