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===== mbtowc =====

<code c>
    #include <stdlib.h>
        int mbtowc(whcar_t *pwc, const char *str, size_t n);
 </code>
===== Description =====
converts a multibyte character into a wide character.



    <setlocale.h> <wchar.h> is for this example nessesary
===== mbtowc C Sourcecode Example =====
<code c>
/* 
 * mbtowc example code
 * http://code-reference.com/c/stdlib.h/mbtowc 
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h> 
#include <wchar.h> /*  wint_t*/
#include <locale.h> /* setlocale*/

int main(void)
{
  wchar_t wchar;
  char string[] = "mbtowc: 測試字符串";
  int i=0, length=0;

  setlocale(LC_ALL,"");  
  while ( ( length = mbtowc ( &wchar, &string[i], MB_CUR_MAX )) != 0)
    {
      printf( "%lc", (wint_t)wchar );
      //  printf("i=%i, length=%i\n",i, length);
      i += length;
    }
  printf("\n");
return 0;
}
</code>

==== output of mbtowc example ====
    
    mbtowc: 測試字符串