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===== wctomb =====

<code c>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    int wctomb(char *str, wchar_t wchar); 
 </code>
===== Description =====
wctomb converts a wide character to a multibyte character in the string.\\
wctomb maximum MB_CUR_MAX sign stores in a string.\\
The behavior of wctomb is affected by the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale\\

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

int main(void)
{
   static char string[5];
   wchar_t wchar = L'é';
   int length;

   setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
   length = wctomb(string, wchar);
   printf("number of bytes in the multibyte character : %i\n", length);
   printf("converted string : \"%s\"\n", string);
   return 0;
}

</code>

==== output of wctomb example ====
    user@host:~/code-reference.com#  ./wctomb 
    number of bytes in the multibyte character : 2
    converted string : "é"