Converts a wide character to the corresponding multibyte character and stores it in a specified location.

#include <stdlib.h>

int wctomb (char *mbchar, wchar_t wchar);

Parameters

mbchar

The address of a converted multibyte character.

wchar

A wide character to convert.

Return Values

The number of bytes, never greater than MB_CUR_MAX, in the wide character.

Success.

0 if wchar is the wide-character null.
-1 if the conversion is not possible in the current locale.

Failure.

Requirements

See Also

mblen, mbstowcs, wcstombs