Wide to Multibyte Character Conversion Function

int wctomb(char *mbchar, wchar_t wchar);

Internationalization (I18n) Function Overview

The wctomb converts the wide character, wchar, into a corresponding multibyte character, and stores the result in mbchar. It returns the number of bytes in the multibyte character; else -1 in the event of an error.

I18n Issues

Prior to calling wctomb, ensure that the current locale is set correctly.

Recommended Replacements*

There are no variations of this conversion function.

ANSI UTF-8	`wctomb`
ANSI UTF-16	`wctomb`
Microsoft Windows MBCS	`wctomb`
Microsoft Windows Unicode	`wctomb`
Microsoft Windows Generic	`wctomb`

*If you're already using the recommended function, see I18n Issues for other reasons why Globalyzer is detecting the function.

Multibyte and Wide Character Conversion Functions