wcstombs Function

Converts a wide character string to a multibyte string (see Remarks).

Include

<stdlib.h>

Prototype

size_t wcstombs(char *s, const wchar_t *wcs, size_t n);

Arguments

Return Value

Returns the number of characters stored excluding the null character.

Remarks

wcstombs converts n number of multibyte characters unless it encounters a null character first. The 16-bit compiler does not support multibyte characters with length greater than 1 character.