mbsinit(3) — Linux manual page

mbsinit(3)              Library Functions Manual              mbsinit(3)

NAME

       mbsinit - test for initial shift state

LIBRARY

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <wchar.h>

       int mbsinit(const mbstate_t *ps);

DESCRIPTION

       The function mbsinit() tests whether *ps corresponds to an
       initial state.

RETURN VALUE

       mbsinit() returns nonzero if *ps is an initial state, or if ps is
       NULL.  Otherwise, it returns 0.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface                           │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├─────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ mbsinit()                           │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └─────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS

       C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

       POSIX.1-2001, C99.

NOTES

       The behavior of mbsinit() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the
       current locale.

SEE ALSO

       mbstate_t(3type), mbrlen(3), mbrtowc(3), mbsrtowcs(3),
       wcrtomb(3), wcsrtombs(3)

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Linux man-pages 6.9.1          2024-05-03                     mbsinit(3)

Pages that refer to this page: mbrtowc(3), mbsnrtowcs(3), mbsrtowcs(3), mbstate_t(3type), wcrtomb(3), wcsnrtombs(3), wcsrtombs(3)

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