HP-UX Reference (11i v1 00/12) - 3 Library Functions A-M (vol 6)
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mbsinit(3C) mbsinit(3C)
NAME
mbsinit() - determine conversion object status
SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h>
int mbsinit(const mbstate_t *ps);
DESCRIPTION
If ps is not a null pointer, the mbsinit() function determines whether the object pointed to by ps
describes an initialconversion state.
APPLICATION USAGE
The mbstate_t object is used to describe the current conversion state from a particular character sequence
to a wide-character sequence (or vice versa) under the rules of a particular setting of the LC_CTYPE
category of the current locale.
The initial conversion state corresponds, for a conversion in either direction, to the beginning of a new char-
acter sequence in the initial shift state. A zero valued mbstate_t object is at least one way to describe an
initial conversion state. A zero valued mbstate_t object can be used to initiate conversion involving any
character sequence.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
locale
The behavior of this function is affected by the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.
RETURN VALUE
The mbsinit() function returns non-zero if ps is a null pointer, or if the pointed-to object describes an
initial conversion state; otherwise, it returns zero.
The behavior is undefined if an mbstate_t object is altered by any of the functions described as "restartable",
and is then used with a different character sequence, or in the other conversion direction, or with a
different LC_CTYPE category setting than on earlier function calls.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
AUTHOR
mbsinit() was developed by HP and MitsubishiElectric Corporation.
SEE ALSO
mbrlen(3C), mbrtowc(3C), wcrtomb(3C), mbsrtowcs(3C), wcsrtombs(3C).
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