WCSRTOMBS(3C)WCSRTOMBS(3C)NAMEwcsrtombs - convert a wide-character string to a character string
(restartable)
SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h>
size_t wcsrtombs(char *restrict dst,
const wchar_t **restrict src, size_t len,
mbstate_t *restrict ps);
DESCRIPTION
The wcsrtombs() function converts a sequence of wide-characters from
the array indirectly pointed to by src into a sequence of corresponding
characters, beginning in the conversion state described by the object
pointed to by ps. If dst is not a null pointer, the converted charac‐
ters are then stored into the array pointed to by dst. Conversion con‐
tinues up to and including a terminating null wide-character, which is
also stored. Conversion stops earlier in the following cases:
o When a code is reached that does not correspond to a valid
character.
o When the next character would exceed the limit of len total
bytes to be stored in the array pointed to by dst (and dst
is not a null pointer).
Each conversion takes place as if by a call to the wcrtomb() function.
If dst is not a null pointer, the pointer object pointed to by src is
assigned either a null pointer (if conversion stopped due to reaching a
terminating null wide-character) or the address just past the last
wide-character converted (if any). If conversion stopped due to reach‐
ing a terminating null wide-character, the resulting state described is
the initial conversion state.
If ps is a null pointer, the wcsrtombs() function uses its own internal
mbstate_t object, which is initialized at program startup to the ini‐
tial conversion state. Otherwise, the mbstate_t object pointed to by
ps is used to completely describe the current conversion state of the
associated character sequence. Solaris will behave as if no function
defined in the Solaris Reference Manual calls wcsrtombs().
The behavior of this function is affected by the LC_CTYPE category of
the current locale. See environ(5).
RETURN VALUES
If conversion stops because a code is reached that does not correspond
to a valid character, an encoding error occurs. In this case, the
wcsrtombs() function stores the value of the macro EILSEQ in errno and
returns (size_t)−1; the conversion state is undefined. Otherwise, it
returns the number of bytes in the resulting character sequence, not
including the terminating null (if any).
ERRORS
The wcsrtombs() function may fail if:
EINVAL
The ps argument points to an object that contains an invalid
conversion state.
EILSEQ
A wide-character code does not correspond to a valid charac‐
ter.
USAGE
If ps is not a null pointer, wcsrtombs() uses the mbstate_t object
pointed to by ps and the function can be used safely in multithreaded
applications, as long as setlocale(3C) is not being called to change
the locale. If ps is a null pointer, wcsrtombs() uses its internal
mbstate_t object and the function is Unsafe in multithreaded applica‐
tions.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌────────────────────┬─────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │ Standard │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│MT-Level │ See NOTES below │
└────────────────────┴─────────────────┘
SEE ALSOmbsinit(3C), setlocale(3C), wcrtomb(3C), attributes(5), environ(5),
standards(5)
Nov 1, 2003 WCSRTOMBS(3C)
