C++ In a Nutshell

Name

mbstowcs function — Converts multibyte string to wide string

Synopsis

size_t mbstowcs(whcar_t* dst, const char* src, size_t n)

The mbstowcs function converts a multibyte string to a wide character string. The src parameter points to the null-terminated multibyte string. Up to n wide characters are stored in dst. If fewer than n characters are stored, a null wide character is appended to the wide character array.

The return value is the number of wide characters stored in dst. If any multibyte character in src is not valid, the return value is static_cast<size_t>(-1).

See Also

mbtowc function, wcstombc function, mbcrtowcs in <cwchar>