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<H1>MB_LEN_MAX</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2015-07-23<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
MB_LEN_MAX - maximum multibyte length of a character across all locales
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/limits.h">limits.h</A>&gt;</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
The
<B>MB_LEN_MAX</B>
macro is the maximum number of bytes needed to represent a single
wide character, in any of the supported locales.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
A constant integer greater than zero.
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
The entities
<B>MB_LEN_MAX</B>
and
<I>sizeof(wchar_t)</I>
are totally unrelated.
In glibc,
<B>MB_LEN_MAX</B>
is typically 16
(6 in glibc versions earlier than 2.2), while
<I>sizeof(wchar_t)</I>
is 4.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+MB_CUR_MAX">MB_CUR_MAX</A></B>(3)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<DT id="3"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAF">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAG">NOTES</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAH">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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