WCTOB(3) BSD Library Functions Manual WCTOB(3)NAMEwctob — 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 sin‐
gle byte character in the initial shift state of the current locale.
The behaviour of wctob() is affected by the LC_CTYPE category of the cur‐
rent locale.
RETURN VALUES
The wctob() function returns:
EOF If wc is WEOF or if wc does not correspond to a valid sin‐
gle byte character representation.
(otherwise) A single byte character corresponding to wc.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
SEE ALSObtowc(3), setlocale(3), wcrtomb(3)STANDARDS
The wctob() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899/AMD1:1995 (“ISO C90,
Amendment 1”).
BSD March 3, 2003 BSD