Gets the length and determines the validity of a multibyte character.
#include <stdlib.h>
int mblen (const char *mbstr, size_t count);
Parameters
mbstr
- A pointer to a sequence of bytes (a multibyte character) to check.
count
- The number of bytes to check.
Return Values
- The length, in bytes, of the multibyte character.
- 0 if mbstr is a null pointer or the object that it points to is the wide-character null.
- -1 if the object that mbstr points to does not form a valid multibyte character within the first count characters, up to MB_CUR_MAX.
Requirements
| Versions |
Defined in |
Include |
Link to |
| INtime 3.0 |
intime/rt/include/stdlib.h |
stdlib.h |
clib.lib |
See Also
mbstowcs, mbtowc, wcstombs, wctomb
