MBSRTOWCS(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MBSRTOWCS(3)
NAME
mbsrtowcs - convert a multibyte string to a wide character string
SYNOPSIS
#include<wchar.h>
size_tmbsrtowcs(wchar_t*dest,constchar**src,
size_t len,mbstate_t*ps);
DESCRIPTION
If dest is not a NULL pointer, the mbsrtowcs function converts the
multibyte string *src to a wide-character string starting at dest. At
most len wide characters are written to dest. The shift state *ps is
updated. The conversion is effectively performed by repeatedly calling
mbrtowc(dest,*src,n,ps) where n is some positive number, as long as
this call succeeds, and then incrementing dest by one and *src by the
number of bytes consumed. The conversion can stop for three reasons:
1. An invalid multibyte sequence has been encountered. In this case
*src is left pointing to the invalid multibyte sequence, (size_t)(-1)
is returned, and errno is set to EILSEQ.
2. len non-L'\0' wide characters have been stored at dest. In this case
*src is left pointing to the next multibyte sequence to be converted,
and the number of wide characters written to dest is returned.
3. The multibyte string has been completely converted, including the
terminating '\0' (which has the side effect of bringing back *ps to the
initial state). In this case *src is set to NULL, and the number of
wide characters written to dest, excluding the terminating L'\0' char-
acter, is returned.
If dest is NULL, len is ignored, and the conversion proceeds as above,
except that the converted wide characters are not written out to mem-
ory, and that no length limit exists.
In both of the above cases, if ps is a NULL pointer, a static anonymous
state only known to the mbsrtowcs function is used instead.
The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least len wide
characters at dest.
RETURNVALUE
The mbsrtowcs function returns the number of wide characters that make
up the converted part of the wide character string, not including the
terminating null wide character. If an invalid multibyte sequence was
encountered, (size_t)(-1) is returned, and errno set to EILSEQ.
CONFORMINGTO
ISO/ANSI C, UNIX98
SEEALSO
mbstowcs(3), mbsnrtowcs(3), iconv(3)
NOTES
The behaviour of mbsrtowcs depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the cur-
rent locale.
Passing NULL as ps is not multi-thread safe.
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