mbstowcs

Syntax

#include <stdlib.h> size_t mbstowcs(wchar_t *wcs, const char *s, size_t n);

Description

Converts a multibyte string to a wide character string. The result will be no more than n wide characters.

Return Value

The number of wide characters stored.

Portability

ANSI/ISO C	C89; C99
POSIX	1003.2-1992; 1003.1-2001

Example

int wlen = mbtowcs(wbuf, string, sizeof(wbuf)/sizeof(wchar_t));