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40.Dd April 11, 2004
41.Dt MBTOWC 3
42.Os
43.Sh NAME
44.Nm mbtowc ,
45.Nm mbtowc_l
46.Nd convert a character to a wide-character code
47.Sh LIBRARY
48.Lb libc
49.Sh SYNOPSIS
50.In stdlib.h
51.Ft int
52.Fo mbtowc
53.Fa "wchar_t *restrict pwc"
54.Fa "const char *restrict s"
55.Fa "size_t n"
56.Fc
57.In stdlib.h
58.In xlocale.h
59.Ft int
60.Fo mbtowc_l
61.Fa "wchar_t *restrict pwc"
62.Fa "const char *restrict s"
63.Fa "size_t n"
64.Fa "locale_t loc"
65.Fc
66.Sh DESCRIPTION
67The
68.Fn mbtowc
69function converts a multibyte character
70.Fa s
71into a wide character, according to the current conversion state,
72and stores the result
73in the object pointed to by
74.Fa pwc .
75Up to
76.Fa n
77bytes are examined.
78.Pp
79A call with a null
80.Fa s
81pointer returns nonzero if the current encoding requires shift states,
82zero otherwise;
83if shift states are required, the shift state is reset to the initial state.
84.Pp
85While the
86.Fn mbtowc
87function uses the current locale, the
88.Fn mbtowc_l
89function may be passed a locale directly. See
90.Xr xlocale 3
91for more information.
92.Sh RETURN VALUES
93If
94.Fa s
95is
96.Dv NULL ,
97the
98.Fn mbtowc
99function returns nonzero if shift states are supported,
100zero otherwise.
101.Pp
102Otherwise, if
103.Fa s
104is not a null pointer,
105.Fn mbtowc
106either returns 0 if
107.Fa s
108represents the null wide character, or returns
109the number of bytes processed in
110.Fa s ,
111or returns \-1 if no multibyte character
112could be recognized or converted.
113In this case,
114.Fn mbtowc Ns 's
115internal conversion state is undefined.
116.Sh ERRORS
117The
118.Fn mbtowc
119function will fail if:
120.Bl -tag -width Er
121.It Bq Er EILSEQ
122An invalid multibyte sequence was detected.
123.It Bq Er EINVAL
124The internal conversion state is invalid.
125.El
126.Sh SEE ALSO
127.Xr btowc 3 ,
128.Xr mblen 3 ,
129.Xr mbrtowc 3 ,
130.Xr mbstowcs 3 ,
131.Xr multibyte 3 ,
132.Xr wctomb 3 ,
133.Xr xlocale 3
134.Sh STANDARDS
135The
136.Fn mbtowc
137function conforms to
138.St -isoC-99 .