WCTOMB(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						 WCTOMB(3)

NAME

     wctomb -- converts a wide character to a multibyte character

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <stdlib.h>

     int
     wctomb(char * s, const wchar_t wchar);

DESCRIPTION

     The wctomb() converts the wide character wchar to the corresponding multibyte character, and stores it in the array pointed to by s.
     wctomb() may store at most MB_CUR_MAX bytes in the array.

     In state-dependent encoding, wctomb() may store the special sequence to change the conversion state before an actual multibyte character into
     the array pointed to by s.  If wchar is a nul wide character (''), this function sets its own internal state to an initial conversion
     state.

     Calling any other functions in Standard C Library (libc, -lc) never changes the internal state of wctomb(), except changing the LC_CTYPE cat-
     egory of the current locale by calling setlocale(3).  Such setlocale(3) calls cause the internal state of this function to be indeterminate.

     The behaviour of wctomb() is affected by the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.

     There is one special case:

     s == NULL	   wctomb() initializes its own internal state to an initial state, and determines whether the current encoding is state-depen-
		   dent.  This function returns 0 if the encoding is state-independent, otherwise non-zero.  In this case, wchar is completely
		   ignored.

RETURN VALUES

     Normally, wctomb() returns:

     positive	   Number of bytes for the valid multibyte character pointed to by s.  There are no cases that the value returned is greater than
		   n or the value of the MB_CUR_MAX macro.

     -1 	   wchar is an invalid wide character.

     If s is equal to NULL, mbtowc() returns:

     0		 The current encoding is state-independent.

     non-zero	 The current encoding is state-dependent.

ERRORS

     No errors are defined.

SEE ALSO

     setlocale(3)

STANDARDS

     The wctomb() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C89'').

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								 February 3, 2002							       BSD