functions for converting between wchar_t and char

Converts a wide character to the corresponding multibyte character
int wctomb(
   char *mbchar,
   wchar_t wchar
);

 

errno_t wctomb_s(
   int *pRetValue, //[out]The number of bytes, or a code indicating the result.
   char *mbchar, //[out]The address of a multibyte character.
   size_t sizeInBytes, //Size of the buffer mbchar. MB_CUR_MAX
   wchar_t wchar //A wide character.
);

 

errno_t _wctomb_s_l(
   int *pRetValue,
   char *mbchar,
   size_t sizeInBytes,
   wchar_t wchar,
   _locale_t locale //The locale to use.
);

 

 

Converts a sequence of wide characters to a corresponding sequence of multibyte characters
size_t wcstombs(
   char *mbstr,
   const wchar_t *wcstr,
   size_t count //The maximum number of bytes to be stored in the mbstr buffer, or _TRUNCATE.
);

 

errno_t wcstombs_s(
   size_t *pReturnValue,
   char *mbstr,
   size_t sizeInBytes,
   const wchar_t *wcstr,
   size_t count
);

 

errno_t _wcstombs_s_l(
   size_t *pReturnValue,
   char *mbstr,
   size_t sizeInBytes,
   const wchar_t *wcstr,
   size_t count,
   _locale_t locale
);

 

template <size_t size>
size_t wcstombs(
   char (&mbstr)[size],
   const wchar_t *wcstr,
   size_t count
); // C++ only

template <size_t size>

errno_t wcstombs_s(
   size_t *pReturnValue,
   char (&mbstr)[size],
   const wchar_t *wcstr,
   size_t count
); // C++ only

 

template <size_t size>
errno_t _wcstombs_s_l(
   size_t *pReturnValue,
   char (&mbstr)[size],
   const wchar_t *wcstr,
   size_t count,
   _locale_t locale
); // C++ only

 

errno_t err_ret;
wchar_t wcl = L'l';
char cl;
int nsize;
err_ret = wctomb_s(&nsize, &cl, MB_CUR_MAX ,wcl);

 

wchar_t *wcs = L"test";
char cs[10];
size_t size;
err_ret = wcstombs_s(&size, cs, 10, wcs, 10);

 

wcs = L"test2";
const size_t SIZE = 10;
err_ret = wcstombs_s<SIZE>(&size, cs, wcs, 10);