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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 MBSTOWCS 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm mbstowcs ,
41.Nm mbstowcs_l
42.Nd convert a character string to a wide-character string
43.Sh LIBRARY
44.Lb libc
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.In stdlib.h
47.Ft size_t
48.Fo mbstowcs
49.Fa "wchar_t *restrict pwcs"
50.Fa "const char *restrict s"
51.Fa "size_t n"
52.Fc
53.In stdlib.h
54.In xlocale.h
55.Ft size_t
56.Fo mbstowcs_l
57.Fa "wchar_t *restrict pwcs"
58.Fa "const char *restrict s"
59.Fa "size_t n"
60.Fa "locale_t loc"
61.Fc
62.Sh DESCRIPTION
63The
64.Fn mbstowcs
65function converts a multibyte character string
66.Fa s ,
67beginning in the initial conversion state,
68into a wide character string
69.Fa pwcs .
70No more than
71.Fa n
72wide characters are stored.
73A terminating null wide character is appended, if there is room.
74.Pp
75Although the
76.Fn mbstowcs
77function uses the current locale, the
78.Fn mbstowcs_l
79function may be passed a locale directly. See
80.Xr xlocale 3
81for more information.
82.Sh RETURN VALUES
83The
84.Fn mbstowcs
85function returns the number of wide characters converted,
86not counting any terminating null wide character, or \-1
87if an invalid multibyte character was encountered.
88.Sh ERRORS
89The
90.Fn mbstowcs
91function will fail if:
92.Bl -tag -width Er
93.It Bq Er EILSEQ
94An invalid multibyte sequence was detected.
95.It Bq Er EINVAL
96The conversion state is invalid.
97.El
98.Sh SEE ALSO
99.Xr mbsrtowcs 3 ,
100.Xr mbtowc 3 ,
101.Xr multibyte 3 ,
102.Xr xlocale 3
103.Sh STANDARDS
104The
105.Fn mbstowcs
106function conforms to
107.St -isoC-99 .