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MBTOWC(3)             DragonFly Library Functions Manual             MBTOWC(3)

NAME

mbtowc, mbtowc_l -- convert a character to a wide-character code

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdlib.h> int mbtowc(wchar_t * restrict wcharp, const char * restrict mbchar, size_t nbytes); #include <xlocale.h> int mbtowc_l(wchar_t * restrict wcharp, const char * restrict mbchar, size_t nbytes, locale_t locale);

DESCRIPTION

The mbtowc() and mbtowc_l() functions convert a multibyte character mbchar into a wide character according to the current conversion state, and stores the result in the object pointed to by wcharp. Up to nbytes bytes are examined. A call with a null mbchar pointer returns nonzero if the current encoding requires shift states, zero otherwise; if shift states are required, the shift state is reset to the initial state. The mbtowc_l() function takes an explicit locale argument, whereas the mbtowc() function uses the current global or per-thread locale.

RETURN VALUES

If mbchar is NULL, the mbtowc() and mbtowc_l() functions return nonzero if shift states are supported, zero otherwise. Otherwise, if mbchar is not a null pointer, mbtowc() and mbtowc_l() either return 0 if mbchar represents the null wide character, or return the number of bytes processed in mbchar, or return -1 if no multibyte character could be recognized or converted. In this case, mbtowc()'s and mbtowc_l()'s internal conversion states are undefined.

ERRORS

The mbtowc() and mbtowc_l() functions will fail if: [EILSEQ] An invalid multibyte sequence was detected. [EINVAL] The internal conversion state is invalid.

SEE ALSO

btowc(3), mbintowcr(3), mblen(3), mbrtowc(3), mbstowcs(3), multibyte(3), utf8towcr(3), wctomb(3), xlocale(3)

STANDARDS

The mbtowc() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99''). DragonFly 4.3 December 26, 2013 DragonFly 4.3

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