redhat man page for wctob

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 multi-byte representation of the wide character c, starting in the initial state, consists of a single
       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 multi-byte characters.

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

CONFORMING TO
       ISO/ANSI C, UNIX98

SEE ALSO
       wctomb(3)

NOTES
       The behaviour 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 multi-byte characters. Use the func-
       tion wctomb instead.

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