NAME

wctob - convert a wide character to a single byte character

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS



int wctob(wint_t wc)

DESCRIPTION

The wctob() function converts a wide character wc to a corresponding single byte character in the initial shift state of the current locale.

The behaviour of wctob() is affected by the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.

RETURN VALUES

The wctob() function returns:

EOF
If wc is WEOF or if wc does not correspond to a valid single byte character representation.

(otherwise)
A single byte character corresponding to wc.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

SEE ALSO

btowc(3), setlocale(3), wcrtomb(3)

STANDARDS

The wctob() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899/AMD1:1990 (``ISO C90'') .