MBLEN(3)
NAME
mblen - determine the number of bytes in a character
SYNOPSIS
#include <<stdlib.h>>
int mblen(const char *s, size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
The mblen() function scans the first n bytes of the string
s and returns the number of bytes in a character. The
mblen() function is equivalent to
mbtowc((wchat_t *)0, s, n);
except that the shift state of the mbtowc() function is
not affected.
RETURN VALUE
The mblen() returns the number of bytes in a character or
-1 if the character is invalid or 0 if s is a NULL string.
CONFORMING TO
SVID 3, ISO 9899
SEE ALSO
mbstowcs(3) mbtowc(3) wcstombs(3) wctomb(3)