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28.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
29.Dt WCTOB 3
30.Os
31.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm wctob
34.Nd convert a wide character to a single byte character
35.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In wchar.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn wctob "wint_t wc"
40.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Fn wctob
44function converts a wide character
45.Fa wc
46to a corresponding single byte character in the initial shift state of
47the current locale.
48.Pp
49The behaviour of the
50.Fn wctob
51is affected by the
52.Dv LC_CTYPE
53category of the current locale.
54.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
55.Sh RETURN VALUES
56The
57.Fn wctob
58function returns:
59.Bl -tag -width 012345678901
60.It Dv EOF
61if
62.Fa wc
63is
64.Dv WEOF
65or if
66.Fa wc
67does not correspond to a valid single byte character representation.
68.It (otherwise)
69a single byte character corresponding to
70.Fa wc .
71.El
72.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
73.Sh ERRORS
74No errors are defined.
75.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
76.Sh SEE ALSO
77.Xr btowc 3 ,
78.Xr setlocale 3 ,
79.Xr wcrtomb 3
80.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
81.Sh STANDARDS
82The
83.Fn wctob
84function conforms to
85.St -isoC-amd1 .
86