mbstowcs (3) Linux Manual Page
NAME
mbstowcs – convert a multibyte string to a wide-character string
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
size_t mbstowcs(wchar_t *dest, const char *src, size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
If dest is not NULL, the mbstowcs() function converts the multibyte string src to a wide-character string starting at dest. At most n wide characters are written to dest. The sequence of characters in the string src shall begin in the initial shift state. The conversion can stop for three reasons:
- 1.
- An invalid multibyte sequence has been encountered. In this case, (size_t) -1 is returned.
- 2.
- n non-L’