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WCTOB(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							  WCTOB(3)

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. ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). +----------+---------------+---------+ |Interface | Attribute | Value | +----------+---------------+---------+ |wctob() | Thread safety | MT-Safe | +----------+---------------+---------+ CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 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 either wctomb(3) or the thread-safe wcrtomb(3) instead. SEE ALSO
btowc(3), wcrtomb(3), wctomb(3) COLOPHON
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2017-09-15 WCTOB(3)

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WCTOB(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							  WCTOB(3)

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. ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). +----------+---------------+---------+ |Interface | Attribute | Value | +----------+---------------+---------+ |wctob() | Thread safety | MT-Safe | +----------+---------------+---------+ CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 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 either wctomb(3) or the thread-safe wcrtomb(3) instead. SEE ALSO
btowc(3), wcrtomb(3), wctomb(3) COLOPHON
This page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/. GNU
2017-09-15 WCTOB(3)
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