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<h3>MBLEN(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MBLEN(3)
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<h3>NAME
</h3> mblen - determine the number of bytes in a character
<h3>SYNOPSIS
</h3> #include <stdlib.h>
int mblen(const char *s, size_t n);
<h3>DESCRIPTION
</h3> The mblen() function scans the first n bytes of the string
s and returns the number of bytes in a character. The
mblen() function is equivalent to
mbtowc((wchat_t *)0, s, n);
except that the shift state of the mbtowc() function is
not affected.
<h3>RETURN VALUE
</h3> The mblen() returns the number of bytes in a character or
-1 if the character is invalid or 0 if s is a NULL string.
<h3>CONFORMING TO
</h3> SVID 3, ISO 9899
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<h3>SEE ALSO
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<a href=mbstowcs.htm>mbstowcs</a>,
<a href=mbtowc.htm>mbtowc</a>,
<a href=wcstombs.htm>wcstombs</a>,
<a href=wctomb.htm>wctomb</a>,
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<h3>GNU March 29, 1993 1
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