MBLEN

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: March 29, 1993
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NAME

mblen - determine the number of bytes in a character  

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdlib.h>

int mblen(const char *s, size_t n);
 

DESCRIPTION

The mblen() function scans the first n bytes of the string s and returns the number of bytes in a character. The mblen() function is equivalent to

mbtowc((wchat_t *)0, s, n);

except that the shift state of the mbtowc() function is not affected.  

RETURN VALUE

The mblen() returns the number of bytes in a character or -1 if the character is invalid or 0 if s is a NULL string.  

CONFORMING TO

SVID 3, ISO 9899  

SEE ALSO

mbstowcs(3), mbtowc(3), wcstombs(3), wctomb(3)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
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SEE ALSO

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