WCTOB(3)
Library Functions Manual
WCTOB(3)
NAME
wctob
—
convert a wide character to a single byte character
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <
wchar.h
>
int
wctob
(
wint_t wc
);
DESCRIPTION
The
wctob
() function converts a wide character
wc
to a corresponding single byte character in the initial shift state of the current locale.
The behaviour of
wctob
() is affected by the
LC_CTYPE
category of the current locale.
RETURN VALUES
The
wctob
() function returns:
EOF
If
wc
is
WEOF
or if
wc
does not correspond to a valid single byte character representation.
(otherwise)
A single byte character corresponding to
wc
.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
SEE ALSO
btowc(3)
,
setlocale(3)
,
wcrtomb(3)
STANDARDS
The
wctob
() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899/AMD1:1995 (“ISO C90”).
March 3, 2003
NetBSD 5.99