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WCTOMB (3)

convert a wide character to a multibyte sequence

SYNOPSIS

    #include <stdlib.h>
      int wctomb (char * s , wchar_t  wc );  
    

DESCRIPTION

    If s is not NULL, the wctomb function converts the wide character wc to its multibyte representation and stores it at the beginning of the character array pointed to by s. It updates the shift state, which is stored in a static anonymous variable only known to the wctomb function, and returns the length of said multibyte representation, i.e. the number of bytes written at s.

    The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least MB_CUR_MAX bytes at s.

    If s is NULL, the wctomb function