MBSTOWCS(3) BSD Library Functions Manual MBSTOWCS(3)NAME
mbstowcs, mbstowcs_l — convert a character string to a wide-character
string
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
size_t
mbstowcs(wchar_t *restrict pwcs, const char *restrict s, size_t n);
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <xlocale.h>
size_t
mbstowcs_l(wchar_t *restrict pwcs, const char *restrict s, size_t n,
locale_t loc);
DESCRIPTION
The mbstowcs() function converts a multibyte character string s, begin‐
ning in the initial conversion state, into a wide character string pwcs.
No more than n wide characters are stored. A terminating null wide char‐
acter is appended, if there is room.
Although the mbstowcs() function uses the current locale, the
mbstowcs_l() function may be passed a locale directly. See xlocale(3) for
more information.
RETURN VALUES
The mbstowcs() function returns the number of wide characters converted,
not counting any terminating null wide character, or -1 if an invalid
multibyte character was encountered.
ERRORS
The mbstowcs() function will fail if:
[EILSEQ] An invalid multibyte sequence was detected.
[EINVAL] The conversion state is invalid.
SEE ALSOmbsrtowcs(3), mbtowc(3), multibyte(3), xlocale(3)STANDARDS
The mbstowcs() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”).
BSD April 8, 2004 BSD
