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32.\" From @(#)multibyte.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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36.Dd April 8, 2004
37.Dt WCTOMB 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm wctomb ,
41.Nm wctomb_l
42.Nd convert a wide-character code to a character
43.Sh LIBRARY
44.Lb libc
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.In stdlib.h
47.Ft int
48.Fo wctomb
49.Fa "char *s"
50.Fa "wchar_t wchar"
51.Fc
52.In stdlib.h
53.In xlocale.h
54.Ft int
55.Fo wctomb_l
56.Fa "char *s"
57.Fa "wchar_t wchar"
58.Fa "locale_t loc"
59.Fc
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Fn wctomb
63function converts a wide character,
64.Fa wchar ,
65into a multibyte character and stores the result in
66.Fa s .
67The object pointed to by
68.Fa s
69must be large enough to accommodate the multibyte character,
70which may be up to
71.Dv MB_LEN_MAX
72bytes.
73.Pp
74A call with a null
75.Fa s
76pointer returns nonzero if the current locale requires shift states,
77zero otherwise;
78if shift states are required, the shift state is reset to the initial state.
79.Pp
80Although the
81.Fn wctomb
82function uses the current locale, the
83.Fn wctomb_l
84function may be passed a locale directly. See
85.Xr xlocale 3
86for more information.
87.Sh RETURN VALUES
88If
89.Fa s
90is
91.Dv NULL ,
92the
93.Fn wctomb
94function returns nonzero if shift states are supported,
95zero otherwise.
96If
97.Fa s
98is valid,
99.Fn wctomb
100returns
101the number of bytes processed in
102.Fa s ,
103or \-1 if no multibyte character
104could be recognized or converted.
105In this case,
106.Fn wctomb Ns 's
107internal conversion state is undefined.
108.Sh ERRORS
109The
110.Fn wctomb
111function will fail if:
112.Bl -tag -width Er
113.It Bq Er EILSEQ
114An invalid multibyte sequence was detected.
115.It Bq Er EINVAL
116The internal conversion state is invalid.
117.El
118.Sh SEE ALSO
119.Xr mbtowc 3 ,
120.Xr wcrtomb 3 ,
121.Xr wcstombs 3 ,
122.Xr wctob 3 ,
123.Xr xlocale 3
124.Sh STANDARDS
125The
126.Fn wctomb
127function conforms to
128.St -isoC-99 .