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36.Dd April 11, 2004
37.Dt MBLEN 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm mblen ,
41.Nm mblen_l
42.Nd get number of bytes in a character
43.Sh LIBRARY
44.Lb libc
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.In stdlib.h
47.Ft int
48.Fo mblen
49.Fa "const char *s"
50.Fa "size_t n"
51.Fc
52.In stdlib.h
53.In xlocale.h
54.Ft int
55.Fo mblen_l
56.Fa "const char *s"
57.Fa "size_t n"
58.Fa "locale_t loc"
59.Fc
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Fn mblen
63function computes the length, in bytes,
64of a multibyte character
65.Fa s ,
66according to the current conversion state.
67Up to
68.Fa n
69bytes are examined.
70.Pp
71A call with a null
72.Fa s
73pointer returns nonzero if the current locale requires shift states,
74zero otherwise.
75If shift states are required, the shift state is reset to the initial state.
76.Pp
77Although the
78.Fn mblen
79function uses the current locale, the
80.Fn mblen_l
81function may be passed a locale directly. See
82.Xr xlocale 3
83for more information.
84.Sh RETURN VALUES
85If
86.Fa s
87is
88.Dv NULL ,
89the
90.Fn mblen
91function returns nonzero if shift states are supported,
92zero otherwise.
93.Pp
94Otherwise, if
95.Fa s
96is not a null pointer,
97.Fn mblen
98either returns 0 if
99.Fa s
100represents the null wide character, or returns
101the number of bytes processed in
102.Fa s ,
103or returns \-1 if no multibyte character
104could be recognized or converted.
105In this case,
106.Fn mblen Ns 's
107internal conversion state is undefined.
108.Sh ERRORS
109The
110.Fn mblen
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 not valid.
117.El
118.Sh SEE ALSO
119.Xr mbrlen 3 ,
120.Xr mbtowc 3 ,
121.Xr multibyte 3 ,
122.Xr xlocale 3
123.Sh STANDARDS
124The
125.Fn mblen
126function conforms to
127.St -isoC-99 .