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NAME

6       wctomb - convert a wide character to a multibyte sequence
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <stdlib.h>
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11       int wctomb(char *s, wchar_t wc);
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DESCRIPTION

14       If  s is not NULL, the wctomb() function converts the wide character wc
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16       character  array pointed to by s.  It updates the shift state, which is
17       stored in a static anonymous variable known only to the wctomb()  func‐
18       tion, and returns the length of said multibyte representation, that is,
19       the number of bytes written at s.
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21       The programmer must ensure that there is room for at  least  MB_CUR_MAX
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24       If  s is NULL, the wctomb() function resets the shift state, known only
25       to this function, to the initial state,  and  returns  nonzero  if  the
26       encoding  has nontrivial shift state, or zero if the encoding is state‐
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RETURN VALUE

30       If s is not NULL, the wctomb() function returns  the  number  of  bytes
31       that have been written to the byte array at s.  If wc can not be repre‐
32       sented as a multibyte sequence (according to the current locale), -1 is
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35       If s is NULL, the wctomb() function returns nonzero if the encoding has
36       nontrivial shift state, or zero if the encoding is stateless.
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ATTRIBUTES

39       For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used   in   this   section,   see
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42       ┌──────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
43       │Interface │ Attribute     │ Value          │
44       ├──────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
45       │wctomb()  │ Thread safety │ MT-Unsafe race │
46       └──────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘

CONFORMING TO

48       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.
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NOTES

51       The  behavior  of wctomb() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the cur‐
52       rent locale.
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54       The function wcrtomb(3) provides a better interface to the  same  func‐
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SEE ALSO

58       MB_CUR_MAX(3),    mblen(3),    mbstowcs(3),    mbtowc(3),   wcrtomb(3),
59       wcstombs(3)
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COLOPHON

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