MBSTOWCS(3) BSD Library Functions Manual MBSTOWCS(3)
NAME
mbstowcs -- convert a character string to a wide-character string
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
size_t
mbstowcs(wchar_t * restrict wcstring, const char * restrict mbstring, size_t nwchars);
DESCRIPTION
The mbstowcs() function converts a multibyte character string mbstring beginning in the initial conversion state into a wide character string
wcstring. No more than nwchars wide characters are stored. A terminating null wide character is appended if there is room.
RETURN VALUES
The mbstowcs() function returns the number of wide characters converted, not counting any terminating null wide character, or -1 if an
invalid multibyte character was encountered.
ERRORS
The mbstowcs() function will fail if:
[EILSEQ] An invalid multibyte sequence was detected.
[EINVAL] The conversion state is invalid.
SEE ALSO
mbsrtowcs(3), mbtowc(3), multibyte(3)
STANDARDS
The mbstowcs() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99'').
BSD
April 8, 2004 BSD