MBSTOWCS(3)         Linux Programmer's Manual         MBSTOWCS(3)


NAME
       mbstowcs  - convert a multibyte string to a wide character
       string.

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdlib.h>

       size_t mbstowcs(wchar_t *pwcs, const char *s, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION
       The mbstowcs() function converts a sequence  of  multibyte
       characters  from the array s into a sequence of wide char-
       acters and stores up to n wide  characters  in  the  array
       pwcs.

RETURN VALUE
       mbstowcs() returns the number of wide characters stored or
       -1 if s contains an invalid multibyte character.

CONFORMING TO
       SVID 3, ISO 9899

SEE ALSO

mblen, mbtowc, wcstombs, wctomb,

GNU                       March 29, 1993                        1