#include <iostream>

#include <deque>

std::deque<int> unicode_to_utf8(int charcode)

{
std::deque<int> d;
if (charcode < 128)
{
d.push_back(charcode);
}
else
{
int first_bits = 6;
const int other_bits = 6;
int first_val = 0xC0;
int t = 0;
while (charcode >= (1 << first_bits))
{
{
t = 128 | (charcode & ((1 << other_bits)-1));
charcode >>= other_bits;
first_val |= 1 << (first_bits);
first_bits--;
}
d.push_front(t);
}
t = first_val | charcode;
d.push_front(t);
}
return d;
}

int utf8_to_unicode(std::deque<int> &coded)

{
int charcode = 0;
int t = coded.front();
coded.pop_front();
if (t < 128)
{
return t;
}
int high_bit_mask = (1 << 6) -1;
int high_bit_shift = 0;
int total_bits = 0;
const int other_bits = 6;
while((t & 0xC0) == 0xC0)
{
t <<= 1;
t &= 0xff;
total_bits += 6;
high_bit_mask >>= 1;
high_bit_shift++;
charcode <<= other_bits;
charcode |= coded.front() & ((1 << other_bits)-1);
coded.pop_front();
}
charcode |= ((t >> high_bit_shift) & high_bit_mask) << total_bits;
return charcode;
}

int main()
{
int charcode;

for(;;)
{
std::cout << "Enter unicode value:" << std::endl;
std::cin >> charcode;
auto x = unicode_to_utf8(charcode);
for(auto c : x)
{
std::cout << "\\x" << std::hex << c << " ";
}
std::cout << std::endl;
int c = utf8_to_unicode(x);
std::cout << "reversed:" << std::dec << c << std::hex << " in hex:" << c <<
std::endl;
}
}