wctob(3) — Linux manual page

NAME | LIBRARY | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | ATTRIBUTES | STANDARDS | HISTORY | NOTES | SEE ALSO

wctob(3)                Library Functions Manual                wctob(3)

NAME         top

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

LIBRARY         top

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <wchar.h>

       int wctob(wint_t c);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The wctob() function tests whether the multibyte representation
       of the wide character c, starting in the initial state, consists
       of a single byte.  If so, it is returned as an unsigned char.

       Never use this function.  It cannot help you in writing
       internationalized programs.  Internationalized programs must
       never distinguish single-byte and multibyte characters.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The wctob() function returns the single-byte representation of c,
       if it exists, or EOF otherwise.

ATTRIBUTES         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface                           Attribute     Value   │
       ├─────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ wctob()                             │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └─────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS         top

       C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY         top

       POSIX.1-2001, C99.

NOTES         top

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

       This function should never be used.  Internationalized programs
       must never distinguish single-byte and multibyte characters.  Use
       either wctomb(3) or the thread-safe wcrtomb(3) instead.

SEE ALSO         top

       btowc(3), wcrtomb(3), wctomb(3)

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