MBRTOWC(3) Library Functions Manual MBRTOWC(3) NAME mbrtowc, mbrtoc16, mbrtoc32 -- convert a character to a wide-character code (restartable) LIBRARY Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include <wchar.h> size_t mbrtowc(wchar_t * restrict pc, const char * restrict s, size_t n, mbstate_t * restrict ps); #include <uchar.h> size_t mbrtoc16(char16_t * restrict pc, const char * restrict s, size_t n, mbstate_t * restrict ps); size_t mbrtoc32(char32_t * restrict pc, const char * restrict s, size_t n, mbstate_t * restrict ps); DESCRIPTION The mbrtowc(), mbrtoc16() and mbrtoc32() functions inspect at most n bytes pointed to by s to determine the number of bytes needed to complete the next multibyte character. If a character can be completed, and pc is not NULL, the wide character which is represented by s is stored in the wchar_t, char16_t or char32_t it points to. If s is NULL, these functions behave as if pc was NULL, s was an empty string ("") and n was 1. The mbstate_t argument, ps, is used to keep track of the shift state. If it is NULL, these functions use an internal, static mbstate_t object, which is initialized to the initial conversion state at program startup. As a single char16_t is not large enough to represent certain multibyte characters, the mbrtoc16() function may need to be invoked multiple times to convert a single multibyte character sequence. RETURN VALUES The mbrtowc(), mbrtoc16() and mbrtoc32() functions return: 0 The next n or fewer bytes represent the null wide character (L'\0'). >0 The next n or fewer bytes represent a valid character, these func- tions return the number of bytes used to complete the multibyte character. (size_t)-1 An encoding error has occurred. The next n or fewer bytes do not contribute to a valid multibyte character. (size_t)-2 The next n contribute to, but do not complete, a valid multibyte character sequence, and all n bytes have been processed. The mbrtoc16() function also returns: (size_t)-3 The next character resulting from a previous call has been stored. No bytes from the input have been consumed. ERRORS The mbrtowc(), mbrtoc16() and mbrtoc32() functions will fail if: [EILSEQ] An invalid multibyte sequence was detected. [EINVAL] The conversion state is invalid. SEE ALSO mbtowc(3), multibyte(3), setlocale(3), wcrtomb(3) STANDARDS The mbrtowc(), mbrtoc16() and mbrtoc32() functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:2011 ("ISO C11"). FreeBSD 15.1 May 21, 2013 MBRTOWC(3)
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