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WCTOMB(3) Linux Programmer's Manual WCTOMB(3)
NAME
wctomb - convert a wide character to a multibyte charac-
ter.
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
int wctomb(char *s, wchar_t wchar);
DESCRIPTION
The wctomb() function converts a wide character wchar into
a multibyte character and, if s is not NULL, stores the
multibyte character representation in s.
RETURN VALUE
wctomb() returns the number of bytes in the multibyte
character or -1 if the wide character is not valid.
CONFORMING TO
SVID 3, ISO 9899
SEE ALSO
mblen(3), mbstowcs(3), mbtowc(3), wcstombs(3)
GNU March 29, 1993 1
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