Extracts a multibyte character from a multibyte character string.
Note: The mbstomb subroutine is specific to the manufacturer. It is not defined in the POSIX, ANSI, or X/Open standards. Use of this subroutine may affect portability.
#include <mbstr.h>
mbchar_t mbstomb (MbString) const char *MbString;
The mbstomb subroutine extracts the multibyte character pointed to by the MbString parameter from the multibyte character string. The LC_CTYPE category affects the behavior of the mbstomb subroutine.
| MbString | Contains a multibyte character string. |
The mbstomb subroutine returns the code point of the multibyte character as a mbchar_t data type. If an unusable multibyte character is encountered, a value of 0 is returned.
This subroutine is part of Base Operating System (BOS) Runtime.
The mbschr subroutine, mbspbrk subroutine, mbsrchr subroutine.
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