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32 .\" From @(#)multibyte.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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42 .Nd get number of bytes in a character
48 .Fn mblen "const char *mbchar" "size_t nbytes"
51 .Fn mblen_l "const char *mbchar" "size_t nbytes" "locale_t locale"
57 functions compute the length in bytes
58 of a multibyte character
60 according to a conversion state.
67 pointer returns nonzero if the locale requires shift states,
69 if shift states are required, the shift state is reset to the initial state.
73 function takes an explicit
77 function uses the current global or per-thread locale.
87 functions return nonzero if shift states are supported,
92 is not a null pointer,
98 represents the null wide character, or return
99 the number of bytes processed in
101 or return \-1 if no multibyte character
102 could be recognized or converted.
107 internal conversion states are undefined.
113 functions will fail if:
116 An invalid multibyte sequence was detected.
118 The internal conversion state is not valid.