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<h3>MBTOWC(3)           Linux Programmer's Manual           MBTOWC(3)
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<h3>NAME
</h3>       mbtowc  -  convert a multibyte character to a wide charac-
       ter.

<h3>SYNOPSIS
</h3>       #include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;

       int mbtowc(wchar_t *pwc, const char *s, size_t n);

<h3>DESCRIPTION
</h3>       The mbtowc() function converts a  multibyte  character  s,
       which  is  no  longer  than n bytes, into a wide character
       and, if pwc is not NULL, stores the wide character in pwc.

<h3>RETURN VALUE
</h3>       mbtowc()  returns  the  number  of  bytes in the multibyte
       character or -1 if the multibyte character is not valid.

<h3>CONFORMING TO
</h3>       SVID 3, ISO 9899

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<h3>SEE ALSO
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<a href=mblen.htm>mblen</a>, 
<a href=mbstowcs.htm>mbstowcs</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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