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