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

NAME

mbtowc - convert a multibyte character to a wide charac- ter.

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdlib.h> int mbtowc(wchar_t *pwc, const char *s, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

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.

RETURN VALUE

mbtowc() returns the number of bytes in the multibyte character or -1 if the multibyte character is not valid.

CONFORMING TO

SVID 3, ISO 9899

SEE ALSO

mblen, mbstowcs, wcstombs, wctomb,



































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