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32 .Nd converts a wide character to a multibyte character
38 .Fn wctomb "char * s" "const wchar_t wchar"
42 converts the wide character
44 to the corresponding multibyte character, and stores it in the array
52 In state-dependent encoding,
54 may store the special sequence to change the conversion state
55 before an actual multibyte character into the array pointed to by
59 is a nul wide character
61 this function sets its own internal state to an initial conversion state.
63 Calling any other functions in
65 never changes the internal state of
69 category of the current locale by calling
73 calls cause the internal state of this function to be indeterminate.
79 category of the current locale.
81 There is one special case:
82 .Bl -tag -width 012345678901
85 initializes its own internal state to an initial state, and
86 determines whether the current encoding is state-dependent.
87 This function returns 0 if the encoding is state-independent,
91 is completely ignored.
97 .Bl -tag -width 012345678901
99 Number of bytes for the valid multibyte character pointed to by
101 There are no cases that the value returned is greater than
108 is an invalid wide character.
117 .Bl -tag -width 0123456789
119 The current encoding is state-independent.
121 The current encoding is state-dependent.
124 No errors are defined.