WCSTOMBS(P) POSIX Programmer's Manual WCSTOMBS(P)NAMEwcstombs - convert a wide-character string to a character string
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
size_t wcstombs(char *restrict s, const wchar_t *restrict pwcs,
size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
The wcstombs() function shall convert the sequence of wide-character
codes that are in the array pointed to by pwcs into a sequence of char‐
acters that begins in the initial shift state and store these charac‐
ters into the array pointed to by s, stopping if a character would
exceed the limit of n total bytes or if a null byte is stored. Each
wide-character code shall be converted as if by a call to wctomb(),
except that the shift state of wctomb() shall not be affected.
The behavior of this function shall be affected by the LC_CTYPE cate‐
gory of the current locale.
No more than n bytes shall be modified in the array pointed to by s. If
copying takes place between objects that overlap, the behavior is unde‐
fined. If s is a null pointer, wcstombs() shall return the length
required to convert the entire array regardless of the value of n, but
no values are stored.
The wcstombs() function need not be reentrant. A function that is not
required to be reentrant is not required to be thread-safe.
RETURN VALUE
If a wide-character code is encountered that does not correspond to a
valid character (of one or more bytes each), wcstombs() shall return
(size_t)-1. Otherwise, wcstombs() shall return the number of bytes
stored in the character array, not including any terminating null byte.
The array shall not be null-terminated if the value returned is n.
ERRORS
The wcstombs() function may fail if:
EILSEQ A wide-character code does not correspond to a valid character.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSOmblen() , mbtowc() , mbstowcs() , wctomb() , the Base Definitions vol‐
ume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <stdlib.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online
at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
IEEE/The Open Group 2003 WCSTOMBS(P)
