MBTOWC

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: March 29, 1993
 

NAME

mbtowc - convert a multibyte character to a wide character.  

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(3), mbstowcs(3), wcstombs(3), wctomb(3)