NAME

     mbtowc - convert a multibyte character to a wide character.

SYNOPSIS

     #include <stdlib.h>

     int mbtowc(wchar_t *pwc, const char *s, size_t n

DESCRIPTION

     The mbtowc() function  converts  a  multibyte  character  s,
     which  is no longer than n bytes, into a wide character and,
     if pwc is not NULL, stores the wide character in pwc.

RETURN VALUE

     mbtowc() returns the number of bytes in the multibyte  char-
     acter or -1 if the multibyte character is not valid.

CONFORMING TO

     SVID 3, ISO 9899

SEE ALSO

     mblen(3), mbstowcs(3), wcstombs(3),