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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Man page of MBLEN</TITLE>
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<H1>MBLEN</H1>
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Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2015-08-08<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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mblen - determine number of bytes in next multibyte character
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<PRE>
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<B>#include <<A HREF="file:///usr/include/stdlib.h">stdlib.h</A>></B>
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<B>int mblen(const char *</B><I>s</I><B>, size_t </B><I>n</I><B>);</B>
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</PRE>
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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If
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<I>s</I>
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is not NULL, the
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<B>mblen</B>()
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function inspects at most
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<I>n</I>
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bytes of the multibyte string starting at
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<I>s</I>
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and extracts the
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next complete multibyte character.
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It uses a static anonymous shift state known only to the
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<B>mblen</B>()
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function.
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If the multibyte character is not the null wide
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character, it returns the number of bytes that were consumed from
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<I>s</I>.
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If the multibyte character is the null wide character, it returns 0.
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<P>
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If the
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<I>n</I>
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bytes starting at
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<I>s</I>
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do not contain a complete multibyte
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character,
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<B>mblen</B>()
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returns -1.
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This can happen even if
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<I>n</I>
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is greater than or equal to
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<I>MB_CUR_MAX</I>,
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if the multibyte string contains redundant shift sequences.
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<P>
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If the multibyte string starting at
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<I>s</I>
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contains an invalid multibyte
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sequence before the next complete character,
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<B>mblen</B>()
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also returns -1.
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<P>
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If
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<I>s</I>
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is NULL, the
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<B>mblen</B>()
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function
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resets the shift state, known to only this function, to the initial state, and
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returns nonzero if the encoding has nontrivial shift state, or zero if the
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encoding is stateless.
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<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
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The
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<B>mblen</B>()
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function returns the number of
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bytes parsed from the multibyte
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sequence starting at
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<I>s</I>,
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if a non-null wide character was recognized.
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It returns 0, if a null wide character was recognized.
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It returns -1, if an
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invalid multibyte sequence was encountered or if it couldn't parse a complete
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multibyte character.
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<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
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<H2>ATTRIBUTES</H2>
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For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+attributes">attributes</A></B>(7).
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<TABLE BORDER>
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<TR VALIGN=top><TD><B>Interface</B></TD><TD><B>Attribute</B></TD><TD><B>Value</B><BR></TD></TR>
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<TR VALIGN=top><TD>
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<B>mblen</B>()
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</TD><TD>Thread safety</TD><TD>MT-Unsafe race<BR></TD></TR>
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</TABLE>
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<A NAME="lbAG"> </A>
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
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POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.
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<A NAME="lbAH"> </A>
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
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The behavior of
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<B>mblen</B>()
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depends on the
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<B>LC_CTYPE</B>
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category of the
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current locale.
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<P>
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The function
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+mbrlen">mbrlen</A></B>(3)
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provides a better interface to the same
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functionality.
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<A NAME="lbAI"> </A>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+mbrlen">mbrlen</A></B>(3)
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<A NAME="lbAJ"> </A>
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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This page is part of release 5.05 of the Linux
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<I>man-pages</I>
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project.
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A description of the project,
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information about reporting bugs,
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and the latest version of this page,
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can be found at
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<A HREF="https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.">https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.</A>
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<P>
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<HR>
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DL>
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<DT id="1"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="2"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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<DT id="3"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
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<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAF">ATTRIBUTES</A><DD>
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<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
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<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAH">NOTES</A><DD>
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<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAI">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAJ">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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</DL>
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<HR>
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