1WCTOB(3)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                  WCTOB(3)
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NAME

6       wctob - try to represent a wide character as a single byte
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <wchar.h>
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11       int wctob(wint_t c);
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DESCRIPTION

14       The wctob() function tests whether the multi-byte representation of the
15       wide character c, starting in the initial state, consists of  a  single
16       byte. If so, it is returned as an unsigned char.
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18       Never  use  this function. It cannot help you in writing international‐
19       ized programs. Internationalized programs must never  distinguish  sin‐
20       gle-byte and multi-byte characters.
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RETURN VALUE

23       The wctob() function returns the single-byte representation of c, if it
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CONFORMING TO

27       C99.
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SEE ALSO

30       wctomb(3)
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NOTES

33       The behaviour of wctob() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of  the  cur‐
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36       This  function  should  never  be used. Internationalized programs must
37       never distinguish single-byte and multi-byte characters. Use the  func‐
38       tion wctomb() instead.
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42GNU                               1999-07-25                          WCTOB(3)