linux man page for wctob

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NAME
       wctob - try to represent a wide character as a single byte

SYNOPSIS
       #include <wchar.h>

       int wctob(wint_t c);

DESCRIPTION
       The  wctob() function tests whether the multibyte representation of the wide character c, starting in the initial state, consists of a sin-
       gle byte.  If so, it is returned as an unsigned char.

       Never use this function.  It cannot help you in writing internationalized programs.  Internationalized programs must never distinguish sin-
       gle-byte and multibyte characters.

RETURN VALUE
       The wctob() function returns the single-byte representation of c, if it exists, of EOF otherwise.

CONFORMING TO
       C99.

NOTES
       The behavior of wctob() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.

       This function should never be used.  Internationalized programs must never distinguish single-byte and multibyte characters.  Use the func-
       tion wctomb(3) instead.

SEE ALSO
       btowc(3), wctomb(3)

COLOPHON
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       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

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								    2009-02-04								  WCTOB(3)