btowc(3) — Linux manual page

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | ATTRIBUTES | CONFORMING TO | NOTES | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

BTOWC(3)                  Linux Programmer's Manual                 BTOWC(3)

NAME top

       btowc - convert single byte to wide character

SYNOPSIS top

       #include <wchar.h>

       wint_t btowc(int c);

DESCRIPTION top

       The btowc() function converts c, interpreted as a multibyte sequence
       of length 1, starting in the initial shift state, to a wide character
       and returns it.  If c is EOF or not a valid multibyte sequence of
       length 1, the btowc() function returns WEOF.

RETURN VALUE top

       The btowc() function returns the wide character converted from the
       single byte c.  If c is EOF or not a valid multibyte sequence of
       length 1, it returns WEOF.

ATTRIBUTES top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).

       ┌──────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface Attribute     Value   │
       ├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │btowc()   │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO top

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

NOTES top

       The behavior of btowc() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the
       current locale.

       This function should never be used.  It does not work for encodings
       which have state, and unnecessarily treats single bytes differently
       from multibyte sequences.  Use either mbtowc(3) or the thread-safe
       mbrtowc(3) instead.

SEE ALSO top

       mbrtowc(3), mbtowc(3), wctob(3)

COLOPHON top

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GNU                              2015-08-08                         BTOWC(3)

Pages that refer to this page: fwprintf(3) , swprintf(3) , vfwprintf(3) , vswprintf(3) , vwprintf(3) , wctob(3) , wprintf(3)