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+.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Tim J. Robbins
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd April 8, 2004
+.Dt MBRTOWC 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm mbrtowc
+.Nd "convert a character to a wide-character code (restartable)"
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In wchar.h
+.Ft size_t
+.Fo mbrtowc
+.Fa "wchar_t * restrict pwc" "const char * restrict s" "size_t n"
+.Fa "mbstate_t * restrict ps"
+.Fc
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn mbrtowc
+function inspects at most
+.Fa n
+bytes pointed to by
+.Fa s
+to determine the number of bytes needed to complete the next multibyte
+character.
+If a character can be completed, and
+.Fa pwc
+is not
+.Dv NULL ,
+the wide character which is represented by
+.Fa s
+is stored in the
+.Vt wchar_t
+it points to.
+.Pp
+If
+.Fa s
+is
+.Dv NULL ,
+.Fn mbrtowc
+behaves as if
+.Fa pwc
+was
+.Dv NULL ,
+.Fa s
+was an empty string
+.Pq Qq
+and
+.Fa n
+was 1.
+.Pp
+The
+.Vt mbstate_t
+argument,
+.Fa ps ,
+is used to keep track of the shift state.
+If it is
+.Dv NULL ,
+.Fn mbrtowc
+uses an internal, static
+.Vt mbstate_t
+object, which is initialized to the initial conversion state
+at program startup.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
+.Fn mbrtowc
+functions returns:
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It 0
+The next
+.Fa n
+or fewer bytes
+represent the null wide character
+.Pq Li "L'\e0'" .
+.It >0
+The next
+.Fa n
+or fewer bytes
+represent a valid character,
+.Fn mbrtowc
+returns the number of bytes used to complete the multibyte character.
+.It Po Vt size_t Pc Ns \-2
+The next
+.Fa n
+contribute to, but do not complete, a valid multibyte character sequence,
+and all
+.Fa n
+bytes have been processed.
+.It Po Vt size_t Pc Ns \-1
+An encoding error has occurred.
+The next
+.Fa n
+or fewer bytes do not contribute to a valid multibyte character.
+.El
+.Sh ERRORS
+The
+.Fn mbrtowc
+function will fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EILSEQ
+An invalid multibyte sequence was detected.
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+The conversion state is invalid.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr mbtowc 3 ,
+.Xr multibyte 3 ,
+.Xr setlocale 3 ,
+.Xr wcrtomb 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn mbrtowc
+function conforms to
+.St -isoC-99 .
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