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27.Dd March 3, 2003
28.Dt BTOWC 3
29.Os
30.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm btowc
33.Nd convert a single byte character to a wide character
34.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libc
37.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In wchar.h
40.Ft wint_t
41.Fn btowc "int c"
42.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Fn btowc
46function converts a single byte character
47.Fa c
48in the initial shift state of the current locale to a corresponding
49wide character.
50.Pp
51The behaviour of
52.Fn btowc
53is affected by the
54.Dv LC_CTYPE
55category of the current locale.
56.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
57.Sh RETURN VALUES
58The
59.Fn btowc
60function returns:
61.Bl -tag -width 012345678901
62.It Dv WEOF
63If
64.Fa c
65is
66.Dv EOF
67or if (unsigned char)
68.Fa c
69does not correspond to a valid single byte character representation.
70.It (otherwise)
71A wide character corresponding to
72.Fa c .
73.El
74.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
75.Sh ERRORS
76No errors are defined.
77.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
78.Sh SEE ALSO
79.Xr mbrtowc 3 ,
80.Xr setlocale 3 ,
81.Xr wctob 3
82.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
83.Sh STANDARDS
84The
85.Fn btowc
86function conforms to
87.St -isoC-amd1 .
88