MBCURMAX(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MBCURMAX(3)

NAME
       MBCURMAX  -  maximum  length  of a multibyte character in the current
       locale

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

DESCRIPTION
       The MBCURMAX macro defines an integer expression giving  the  maximum
       number of bytes needed to represent a single wide character in the cur‐
       rent locale.  It is locale dependent and therefore not  a  compile-time
       constant.

RETURN VALUE
       An  integer  in  the range [1, MBLENMAX].  The value 1 denotes tradi‐
       tional 8-bit encoded characters.

CONFORMING TO
       C99, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO
       MBLENMAX(3), mblen(3), mbstowcs(3), mbtowc(3), wcstombs(3), wctomb(3)

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Linux                             1999-07-04                     MBCURMAX(3)