mbrtowc.3p (5041B)
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- .TH MBRTOWC "3P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
- .\"
- .SH PROLOG
- This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.
- The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult
- the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
- or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
- .\"
- .SH NAME
- mbrtowc
- \(em convert a character to a wide-character code (restartable)
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .LP
- .nf
- #include <wchar.h>
- .P
- size_t mbrtowc(wchar_t *restrict \fIpwc\fP, const char *restrict \fIs\fP,
- size_t \fIn\fP, mbstate_t *restrict \fIps\fP);
- .fi
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the
- ISO\ C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the
- ISO\ C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017 defers to the ISO\ C standard.
- .P
- If
- .IR s
- is a null pointer, the
- \fImbrtowc\fR()
- function shall be equivalent to the call:
- .sp
- .RS 4
- .nf
- mbrtowc(NULL, "", 1, ps)
- .fi
- .P
- .RE
- .P
- In this case, the values of the arguments
- .IR pwc
- and
- .IR n
- are ignored.
- .P
- If
- .IR s
- is not a null pointer, the
- \fImbrtowc\fR()
- function shall inspect at most
- .IR n
- bytes beginning at the byte pointed to by
- .IR s
- to determine the number of bytes needed to complete the next character
- (including any shift sequences). If the function determines that the
- next character is completed, it shall determine the value of the
- corresponding wide character and then, if
- .IR pwc
- is not a null pointer, shall store that value in the object pointed to by
- .IR pwc .
- If the corresponding wide character is the null wide character, the
- resulting state described shall be the initial conversion state.
- .P
- If
- .IR ps
- is a null pointer, the
- \fImbrtowc\fR()
- function shall use its own internal
- .BR mbstate_t
- object, which shall be initialized at program start-up to the initial
- conversion state. Otherwise, the
- .BR mbstate_t
- object pointed to by
- .IR ps
- shall be used to completely describe the current conversion state of
- the associated character sequence. The implementation shall behave as
- if no function defined in this volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017 calls
- \fImbrtowc\fR().
- .P
- The behavior of this function is affected by the
- .IR LC_CTYPE
- category of the current locale.
- .P
- The
- \fImbrtowc\fR()
- function need not be thread-safe if called with a NULL
- .IR ps
- argument.
- .P
- The
- \fImbrtowc\fR()
- function shall not change the setting of
- .IR errno
- if successful.
- .SH "RETURN VALUE"
- The
- \fImbrtowc\fR()
- function shall return the first of the following that applies:
- .IP 0 12
- If the next
- .IR n
- or fewer bytes complete the character that corresponds to the null wide
- character (which is the value stored).
- .IP "between 1 and \fIn\fR inclusive" 12
- .br
- If the next
- .IR n
- or fewer bytes complete a valid character (which is the value stored);
- the value returned shall be the number of bytes that complete the
- character.
- .IP "(\fBsize_t\fP)\-2" 12
- If the next
- .IR n
- bytes contribute to an incomplete but potentially valid character, and
- all
- .IR n
- bytes have been processed (no value is stored). When
- .IR n
- has at least the value of the
- {MB_CUR_MAX}
- macro, this case can only occur if
- .IR s
- points at a sequence of redundant shift sequences (for implementations
- with state-dependent encodings).
- .IP "(\fBsize_t\fP)\-1" 12
- If an encoding error occurs, in which case the next
- .IR n
- or fewer bytes do not contribute to a complete and valid character (no
- value is stored). In this case,
- .BR [EILSEQ]
- shall be stored in
- .IR errno
- and the conversion state is undefined.
- .SH ERRORS
- The
- \fImbrtowc\fR()
- function shall fail if:
- .TP
- .BR EILSEQ
- An invalid character sequence is detected.
- In the POSIX locale an
- .BR [EILSEQ]
- error cannot occur since all byte values are valid characters.
- .P
- The
- \fImbrtowc\fR()
- function may fail if:
- .TP
- .BR EINVAL
- .IR ps
- points to an object that contains an invalid conversion state.
- .LP
- .IR "The following sections are informative."
- .SH EXAMPLES
- None.
- .SH "APPLICATION USAGE"
- None.
- .SH RATIONALE
- None.
- .SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS"
- None.
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- .IR "\fImbsinit\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fImbsrtowcs\fR\^(\|)"
- .P
- The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017,
- .IR "\fB<wchar.h>\fP"
- .\"
- .SH COPYRIGHT
- Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
- from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology
- -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
- Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition,
- Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of
- Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
- In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
- The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
- is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
- http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
- .PP
- Any typographical or formatting errors that appear
- in this page are most likely
- to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to
- man page format. To report such errors, see
- https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .