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MB_CUR_MAX

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO

NAME

MB_CUR_MAX ? maximum length of a multibyte character in the current locale

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdlib.h>

DESCRIPTION

The MB_CUR_MAX macro defines an integer expression giving the maximum number of bytes needed to represent a single wide character in the current locale. It is locale dependent and therefore not a compile-time constant.

RETURN VALUE

An integer >= 1 and <= MB_LEN_MAX. The value 1 denotes traditional 8-bit encoded characters.

CONFORMING TO

ANSI C, POSIX.1

SEE ALSO

MB_LEN_MAX(3), mblen(3), mbtowc(3), mbstowcs(3), wctomb(3), wcstombs(3)


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