mblen(3) [centos man page]

MBLEN(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							  MBLEN(3)

NAME

       mblen - determine number of bytes in next multibyte character

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdlib.h>

       int mblen(const char *s, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

       If  s is not a NULL pointer, the mblen() function inspects at most n bytes of the multibyte string starting at s and extracts the next com-
       plete multibyte character.  It uses a static anonymous shift state known only to the mblen() function.  If the multibyte character  is  not
       the  null wide character, it returns the number of bytes that were consumed from s.  If the multibyte character is the null wide character,
       it returns 0.

       If the n bytes starting at s do not contain a complete multibyte character, mblen() returns -1.	This can happen even if n is greater  than
       or equal to MB_CUR_MAX, if the multibyte string contains redundant shift sequences.

       If the multibyte string starting at s contains an invalid multibyte sequence before the next complete character, mblen() also returns -1.

       If s is a NULL pointer, the mblen() function resets the shift state, known to only this function, to the initial state, and returns nonzero
       if the encoding has nontrivial shift state, or zero if the encoding is stateless.

RETURN VALUE

       The mblen() function returns the number of bytes parsed from the multibyte sequence starting at s, if a non-null wide character was  recog-
       nized.	It  returns  0, if a null wide character was recognized.  It returns -1, if an invalid multibyte sequence was encountered or if it
       couldn't parse a complete multibyte character.

ATTRIBUTES

   Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
       The mblen() function is not thread-safe.

CONFORMING TO

       C99.

NOTES

       The behavior of mblen() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.

       The function mbrlen(3) provides a better interface to the same functionality.

SEE ALSO

       mbrlen(3)

COLOPHON

       This page is part of release 3.53 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs,  can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

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								    2013-06-21								  MBLEN(3)

MBRLEN(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							 MBRLEN(3)

NAME

       mbrlen - determine number of bytes in next multibyte character

SYNOPSIS

       #include <wchar.h>

       size_t mbrlen(const char *s, size_t n, mbstate_t *ps);

DESCRIPTION

       The  mbrlen()  function	inspects at most n bytes of the multibyte string starting at s and extracts the next complete multibyte character.
       It updates the shift state *ps.	If the multibyte character is not the null wide character, it returns the number of bytes that	were  con-
       sumed from s.  If the multibyte character is the null wide character, it resets the shift state *ps to the initial state and returns 0.

       If  the	n  bytes  starting at s do not contain a complete multibyte character, mbrlen() returns (size_t) -2.  This can happen even if n >=
       MB_CUR_MAX, if the multibyte string contains redundant shift sequences.

       If the multibyte string starting at s contains an  invalid  multibyte  sequence	before	the  next  complete  character,  mbrlen()  returns
       (size_t) -1 and sets errno to EILSEQ.  In this case, the effects on *ps are undefined.

       If ps is a NULL pointer, a static anonymous state known only to the mbrlen() function is used instead.

RETURN VALUE

       The mbrlen() function returns the number of bytes parsed from the multibyte sequence starting at s, if a non-null wide character was recog-
       nized.  It returns 0, if a null wide character was recognized.  It returns (size_t) -1 and sets errno to EILSEQ, if  an	invalid  multibyte
       sequence was encountered.  It returns (size_t) -2 if it couldn't parse a complete multibyte character, meaning that n should be increased.

ATTRIBUTES

   Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
       The mbrlen() function is thread-safe with exceptions.  It is not thread-safe if called with a NULL ps parameter.

CONFORMING TO

       C99.

NOTES

       The behavior of mbrlen() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.

SEE ALSO

       mbrtowc(3)

COLOPHON

       This  page is part of release 3.53 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

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								    2013-06-21								 MBRLEN(3)