BTOWC(3) BSD Library Functions Manual BTOWC(3)NAMEbtowc — convert a single byte character to a wide character
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h>
wint_t
btowc(int c);
DESCRIPTION
The btowc() function converts a single byte character c in the initial
shift state of the current locale to a corresponding wide character.
The behaviour of btowc() is affected by the LC_CTYPE category of the cur‐
rent locale.
RETURN VALUES
The btowc() function returns:
WEOF If c is EOF or if (unsigned char) c does not correspond to
a valid single byte character representation.
(otherwise) A wide character corresponding to c.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
SEE ALSOmbrtowc(3), setlocale(3), wctob(3)STANDARDS
The btowc() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899/AMD1:1995 (“ISO C90,
Amendment 1”).
BSD March 3, 2003 BSD