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<H1>BTOWC</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2015-08-08<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
btowc - convert single byte to wide character
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/wchar.h">wchar.h</A>&gt;</B>
<B>wint_t btowc(int </B><I>c</I><B>);</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
The
<B>btowc</B>()
function converts <I>c</I>,
interpreted as a multibyte sequence
of length 1, starting in the initial shift state, to a wide character and
returns it.
If <I>c</I> is
<B>EOF</B>
or not a valid multibyte sequence of length 1,
the
<B>btowc</B>()
function returns
<B>WEOF</B>.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
The
<B>btowc</B>()
function returns the wide character
converted from the single byte <I>c</I>.
If <I>c</I> is
<B>EOF</B>
or not a valid multibyte sequence of length 1,
it returns
<B>WEOF</B>.
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<H2>ATTRIBUTES</H2>
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+attributes">attributes</A></B>(7).
<TABLE BORDER>
<TR VALIGN=top><TD><B>Interface</B></TD><TD><B>Attribute</B></TD><TD><B>Value</B><BR></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=top><TD>
<B>btowc</B>()
</TD><TD>Thread safety</TD><TD>MT-Safe<BR></TD></TR>
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
The behavior of
<B>btowc</B>()
depends on the
<B>LC_CTYPE</B>
category of the
current locale.
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This function should never be used.
It does not work for encodings which have
state, and unnecessarily treats single bytes differently from multibyte
sequences.
Use either
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+mbtowc">mbtowc</A></B>(3)
or the thread-safe
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+mbrtowc">mbrtowc</A></B>(3)
instead.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+mbrtowc">mbrtowc</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+mbtowc">mbtowc</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+wctob">wctob</A></B>(3)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<DT id="1"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="2"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<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">ATTRIBUTES</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAH">NOTES</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAI">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAJ">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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