| Defined in header <wchar.h> | ||
|---|---|---|
size_t mbrlen( const char* s, size_t n, mbstate_t* ps ); | (since C95) |
Determines the size, in bytes, of the remainder of the multibyte character whose first byte is pointed to by s, given the current conversion state ps.
This function is equivalent to the call mbrtowc(nullptr, s, n, ps?ps:&internal) for some hidden object internal of type mbstate_t, except that the expression ps is evaluated only once.
Parameters
| s | - | pointer to an element of a multibyte character string |
| n | - | limit on the number of bytes in s that can be examined |
| ps | - | pointer to the variable holding the conversion state |
Return value
0 if the next n or fewer bytes complete the null character.
The number of bytes (between 1 and n) that complete a valid multibyte character.
(size_t)-1 if encoding error occurs.
(size_t)-2 if the next n bytes are part of a possibly valid multibyte character, which is still incomplete after examining all n bytes.
Example
#include <locale.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <wchar.h>
int main(void)
{
// allow mbrlen() to work with UTF-8 multibyte encoding
setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US.utf8");
// UTF-8 narrow multibyte encoding
const char* str = u8"水";
size_t sz = strlen(str);
mbstate_t mb;
memset(&mb, 0, sizeof mb);
int len1 = mbrlen(str, 1, &mb);
if(len1 == -2)
printf("The first 1 byte of %s is an incomplete multibyte char"
" (mbrlen returns -2)\n", str);
int len2 = mbrlen(str+1, sz-1, &mb);
printf("The remaining %zu bytes of %s hold %d bytes of the multibyte"
" character\n", sz-1, str, len2);
printf("Attempting to call mbrlen() in the middle of %s while in initial"
" shift state returns %zd\n", str, mbrlen(str+1, sz-1, &mb));
}Output:
The first 1 byte of 水 is an incomplete multibyte char (mbrlen returns -2) The remaining 2 bytes of 水 hold 2 bytes of the multibyte character Attempting to call mbrlen() in the middle of 水 while in initial shift state returns -1
References
- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
- 7.29.6.3.1 The mbrlen function (p: 442)
- C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
- 7.24.6.3.1 The mbrlen function (p: 388)
See also
| (C95) | converts the next multibyte character to wide character, given state (function) |
| returns the number of bytes in the next multibyte character (function) | |
C++ documentation for mbrlen | |
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