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33 .Nd converts a wide-character string to a multibyte character string
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41 .Fn wcstombs "char * restrict s" "const wchar_t * restrict pwcs" "size_t n"
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45 converts the nul-terminated wide-character string pointed to by
47 to the corresponding multibyte character string,
48 and stores it in the array pointed to by
50 This function may modify the first at most
52 bytes of the array pointed to by
54 Each character will be converted as if
56 is continuously called, except the internal state of
60 For state-dependent encoding, the
62 implies the result multibyte character string pointed to by
64 always to begin with an initial state.
70 category of the current locale.
72 These are the special cases:
73 .Bl -tag -width 012345678901
77 returns the number of bytes to store the whole multibyte character string
78 corresponding to the wide-character string pointed to by
84 Undefined (may cause the program to crash).
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90 .Bl -tag -width 012345678901
92 Number of bytes stored in the array pointed to by
94 There are no cases that the value returned is greater than
99 If the return value is equal to
101 the string pointed to by
103 will not be nul-terminated.
106 points to a string containing an invalid wide character.
110 to indicate the error.
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115 may cause an error in the following case:
119 points to a string containing an invalid wide character.
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131 The restrict qualifier is added at