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<H1>MBSRTOWCS</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2019-03-06<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
mbsrtowcs - convert a multibyte string to a wide-character string
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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>size_t mbsrtowcs(wchar_t *</B><I>dest</I><B>, const char **</B><I>src</I><B>,</B>
<B> size_t </B><I>len</I><B>, mbstate_t *</B><I>ps</I><B>);</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
If
<I>dest</I>
is not NULL, the
<B>mbsrtowcs</B>()
function converts the
multibyte string
<I>*src</I>
to a wide-character string starting at
<I>dest</I>.
At most
<I>len</I>
wide characters are written to
<I>dest</I>.
The shift state
<I>*ps</I>
is updated.
The conversion is effectively performed by repeatedly
calling
<I>mbrtowc(dest, *src, n, ps)</I>
where
<I>n</I>
is some
positive number, as long as this call succeeds, and then incrementing
<I>dest</I>
by one and
<I>*src</I>
by the number of bytes consumed.
The conversion can stop for three reasons:
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="1">1.<DD>
An invalid multibyte sequence has been encountered.
In this case,
<I>*src</I>
is left pointing to the invalid multibyte sequence,
<I>(size_t)&nbsp;-1</I>
is returned,
and
<I>errno</I>
is set to
<B>EILSEQ</B>.
<DT id="2">2.<DD>
<I>len</I>
non-L'\0' wide characters have been stored at
<I>dest</I>.
In this case,
<I>*src</I>
is left pointing to the next
multibyte sequence to be converted,
and the number of wide characters written to
<I>dest</I>
is returned.
<DT id="3">3.<DD>
The multibyte string has been completely converted, including the
terminating null wide character ('\0'), which has the side
effect of bringing back
<I>*ps</I>
to the
initial state.
In this case,
<I>*src</I>
is set to NULL, and the number of wide
characters written to
<I>dest</I>,
excluding the terminating null wide character, is returned.
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If
<I>dest</I>
is NULL,
<I>len</I>
is ignored,
and the conversion proceeds as above,
except that the converted wide characters are not written out to memory,
and that no length limit exists.
<P>
In both of the above cases,
if
<I>ps</I>
is NULL, a static anonymous
state known only to the
<B>mbsrtowcs</B>()
function is used instead.
<P>
The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least
<I>len</I>
wide
characters at
<I>dest</I>.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
The
<B>mbsrtowcs</B>()
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,
<I>(size_t)&nbsp;-1</I>
is returned, and
<I>errno</I>
set to
<B>EILSEQ</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>mbsrtowcs</B>()
</TD><TD>Thread safety</TD><TD>MT-Unsafe race:mbsrtowcs/!ps<BR></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P>
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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>mbsrtowcs</B>()
depends on the
<B>LC_CTYPE</B>
category of the
current locale.
<P>
Passing NULL as
<I>ps</I>
is not multithread safe.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+iconv">iconv</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+mbrtowc">mbrtowc</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+mbsinit">mbsinit</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+mbsnrtowcs">mbsnrtowcs</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+mbstowcs">mbstowcs</A></B>(3)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAF">ATTRIBUTES</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAH">NOTES</A><DD>
<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAI">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAJ">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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