freebsd man page for mbsinit

MBSINIT(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						MBSINIT(3)

NAME
     mbsinit -- determine conversion object status

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <wchar.h>

     int
     mbsinit(const mbstate_t *ps);

DESCRIPTION
     The mbsinit() function determines whether the mbstate_t object pointed to by ps describes an initial conversion state.

RETURN VALUES
     The mbsinit() function returns non-zero if ps is NULL or describes an initial conversion state, otherwise it returns zero.

SEE ALSO
     mbrlen(3), mbrtowc(3), mbsrtowcs(3), multibyte(3), wcrtomb(3), wcsrtombs(3)

STANDARDS
     The mbsinit() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99'').

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								   April 8, 2004							       BSD