<TITLE>mblen</TITLE> <body bgcolor="#ffffcc"> <hr> <pre> <h3>MBLEN(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MBLEN(3) </h3> <h3>NAME </h3> mblen - determine the number of bytes in a character <h3>SYNOPSIS </h3> #include <stdlib.h> int mblen(const char *s, size_t n); <h3>DESCRIPTION </h3> The mblen() function scans the first n bytes of the string s and returns the number of bytes in a character. The mblen() function is equivalent to mbtowc((wchat_t *)0, s, n); except that the shift state of the mbtowc() function is not affected. <h3>RETURN VALUE </h3> The mblen() returns the number of bytes in a character or -1 if the character is invalid or 0 if s is a NULL string. <h3>CONFORMING TO </h3> SVID 3, ISO 9899 </pre> <hr> <h3>SEE ALSO </h3><p> <a href=mbstowcs.htm>mbstowcs</a>, <a href=mbtowc.htm>mbtowc</a>, <a href=wcstombs.htm>wcstombs</a>, <a href=wctomb.htm>wctomb</a>, <pre> <h3>GNU March 29, 1993 1 </h3> </pre> <P> <hr> <p> <center> <table border=2 width=80%> <tr align=center> <td width=25%> <a href=../index.htm>Top</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../master_index.html>Master Index</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../SYNTAX/keywords.html>Keywords</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../FUNCTIONS/index.htm>Functions</a> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <p> <hr> This manual page was brought to you by <i>mjl_man V-2.0</i>
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