MBTOWC Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3) Updated: March 29, 2025 Index   NAME mbtowc - convert a multibyte character to a wide character.   SYNOPSIS #include <stdlib.h> int mbtowc(wchar_t *pwc, const char *s, size_t n);   DESCRIPTION The mbtowc() function converts a multibyte character s, which is no longer than n bytes, into a wide character and, if pwc is not NULL, stores the wide character in pwc.   RETURN VALUE mbtowc() returns the number of bytes in the multibyte character or -1 if the multibyte character is not valid.   CONFORMING TO SVID 3, ISO 9899   SEE ALSO   Index NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUE CONFORMING TO SEE ALSO This document was created by using the manual pages. Time: 11:58:04 GMT, March 24, 2025