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btowc(3)						     Library Functions Manual							  btowc(3)

NAME
btowc - Converts a single byte from multibyte-character to wide-character format LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc) SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h> #include <wchar.h> wint_t btowc( int c ); STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows: btowc(): ISO C, XSH5.0 Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags. PARAMETERS
Points to a variable containing a single-byte character. DESCRIPTION
The btowc() function determines if a single-byte value constitutes a valid character in the initial shift state from a multibyte codeset. If so, the function returns the corresponding wide-character value. This function provides a multibyte-character to wide-character format conversion correctly sized for the %c conversion specifier that is permitted in calls to *printf() functions. In general, use either the mbtowc() or mbrtowc() function to perform multibyte-character to wide-character format conversions of single characters. RETURN VALUES
The btowc() function returns one of the following: The counterpart wide-character value, if c contains a valid multibyte character in the initial shift state WEOF, if c contains EOF or does not constitute a valid character in the initial shift state from a multibyte codeset ERRORS
No errors are defined. RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: mblen(3), mbtowc(3), wctob(3), wctomb(3), mbstowcs(3), wcstombs(3) Files: locale(4) delim off btowc(3)

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wctob(3)						     Library Functions Manual							  wctob(3)

NAME
wctob - Converts a wide character to a single byte in multibyte-character format LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc) SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h> #include <wchar.h> int wctob( wint_t wc ); STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows: wctob(): XSH5.0 Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags. PARAMETERS
Points to a variable containing a wide-character value. DESCRIPTION
The wctob() function determines if a wide-character value constitutes a valid single-byte character in the initial shift state from a multibyte codeset. If so, the function returns the corresponding multibyte character. This function provides a wide-character to multi- byte-character format conversion correctly sized for the %c conversion specifier that is permitted in calls to *printf() functions. In general, use either the wctomb() or wcrtomb() function to perform wide-character to multibyte-character format conversions of single characters. Converting only the characters whose encoding requires one byte has limited usefulness in multibyte codesets, where codes for many or most characters require multiple bytes. RETURN VALUES
The wctob() function returns one of the following: The counterpart multibyte-character value, if wc can be converted to a multibyte-format character that is 1 byte in length and in the initial shift state EOF, if wc does not correspond to a valid multibyte character that is 1 byte in length and in the initial shift state ERRORS
The wctob() function sets errno to the specified value for the following conditions: An invalid character value is encountered. RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: btowc(3), mblen(3), mbtowc(3), wctomb(3), mbstowcs(3), wcstombs(3) Files: locale(4) delim off wctob(3)
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