wctob

WCTOB(3)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                  WCTOB(3)



NAME
       wctob - try to represent a wide character as a single byte

SYNOPSIS
       #include <wchar.h>

       int wctob(wint_t c);

DESCRIPTION
       The  wctob  function tests whether the multi-byte representation of the
       wide character c, starting in the initial state, consists of  a  single
       byte. If so, it is returned as an unsigned char.

       Never  use  this function. It cannot help you in writing international-
       ized programs. Internationalized programs must never  distinguish  sin-
       gle-byte and multi-byte characters.

RETURN VALUE
       The  wctob  function returns the single-byte representation of c, if it
       exists, of EOF otherwise.

CONFORMING TO
       ISO/ANSI C, UNIX98

SEE ALSO
       wctomb(3)

NOTES
       The behaviour of wctob depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the  current
       locale.

       This  function  should  never  be used. Internationalized programs must
       never distinguish single-byte and multi-byte characters. Use the  func-
       tion wctomb instead.



GNU                               1999-07-25                          WCTOB(3)