mbsinit(3)						     Library Functions Manual							mbsinit(3)

NAME

       mbsinit - Determines whether a multibyte-character string is in the initial conversion state

LIBRARY

       Standard C Library (libc)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <wchar.h>

       int mbsinit(
	       const mbstate_t *ps);

STANDARDS

       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

       mbsinit():  XSH5.0

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS

       Points  to  an  mbstate_t object, which describes the conversion state of the current character in the string being converted.  The initial
       conversion state for conversion in either direction (multibyte to wide-character format or the reverse) corresponds to the beginning of the
       character's multibyte encoding sequence in the initial shift state as defined by the LC_TYPE category of the current locale.

DESCRIPTION

       The mbsinit() function determines whether the sequence of characters being converted is in the initial conversion state; that is, the func-
       tion determines whether the multibyte encoding for the current character in this sequence is in the initial shift state as defined  by  the
       LC_TYPE	category of the current locale.  The application can use a zero return, which indicates that the character sequence is not in ini-
       tial conversion state, to initiate a conversion operation.

       Use this function along with the restartable conversion functions (mbrlen, mbrtowc,  wcrtomb,  mbsrtowcs,  wcsrtombs)  to  convert  between
       multibyte-character  and  wide-character format.  Only restartable conversion functions use an mbstate_t parameter, such as ps.	Therefore,
       results are undefined when restartable and nonrestartable conversion functions operate on the same arrays of characters during a conversion
       operation. Results are also undefined when ps is first altered by any of the restartable conversion functions and then used by another call
       in any of the following ways: With a different sequence of characters In the reverse conversion direction Under a different  LC_CTYPE  set-
       ting than on earlier function calls

RESTRICTIONS

       [Tru64  UNIX]  The  mbsinit() function and restartable versions of conversion routines are functional only when used with locales that sup-
       port shift state encoding. Currently, the operating system does not provide any locales that use shift state  encoding  and  the  mbsinit()
       function returns a nonzero value only to indicate that *ps is a null pointer.

RETURN VALUES

       The  mbsinit()  function returns a nonzero value if *ps is a null pointer or ps describes an initial conversion state; otherwise, the func-
       tion returns zero.

RELATED INFORMATION

       Functions: mblen(3), mbstowcs(3), mbtowc(3), wcstombs(3), wctomb(3)

       Files: locale(4) delim off

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