_mbclen, mblen, _mblen_l
Gets the length and determines the validity of a multibyte character.
size_t _mbclen(
const unsigned char *c
);
int mblen(
const char *mbstr,
size_t count
);
int _mblen_l(
const char *mbstr,
size_t count,
_locale_t locale
);
Parameters
c
Multibyte character.mbstr
Address of a multibyte-character byte sequence.count
Number of bytes to check.locale
Locale to use.
Return Value
_mbclen returns 1 or 2, according to whether the multibyte character c is 1 or 2 bytes long. There is no error return for _mbclen. If mbstr is not NULL, mblen returns the length, in bytes, of the multibyte character. If mbstr is NULL or it points to the wide-character null character, mblen returns 0. If the object that mbstr points to does not form a valid multibyte character within the first count characters, mblen returns –1.
Remarks
The _mbclen function returns the length, in bytes, of the multibyte character c. If c does not point to the lead byte of a multibyte character as determined by an implicit call to _ismbblead, the result of _mbclen is unpredictable.
mblen returns the length in bytes of mbstr if it is a valid multibyte character and determines multibyte-character validity associated with the code page. mblen examines count or fewer bytes contained in mbstr, but not more than MB_CUR_MAX bytes.
The output value is affected by the setting of the LC_CTYPE category setting of the locale; see setlocale for more information. The versions of these functions without the _l suffix use the current locale for this locale-dependent behavior; the versions with the _l suffix are identical except that they use the locale parameter passed in instead. For more information, see Locale.
Generic-Text Routine Mappings
Tchar.h routine |
_UNICODE and _MBCS not defined |
_MBCS defined |
_UNICODE defined |
---|---|---|---|
_tclen |
Maps to macro or inline function |
_mbclen |
Maps to macro or inline function |
Requirements
Routine |
Required header |
---|---|
_mbclen |
<mbstring.h> |
mblen |
<stdlib.h> |
_mblen_l |
<stdlib.h> |
For more compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.
Example
// crt_mblen.c
/* illustrates the behavior of the mblen function
*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main( void )
{
int i;
char *pmbc = (char *)malloc( sizeof( char ) );
wchar_t wc = L'a';
printf( "Convert wide character to multibyte character:\n" );
wctomb_s( &i, pmbc, sizeof(char), wc );
printf( " Characters converted: %u\n", i );
printf( " Multibyte character: %x\n\n", *pmbc );
i = mblen( pmbc, MB_CUR_MAX );
printf( "Length in bytes of multibyte character %x: %u\n", *pmbc, i );
pmbc = NULL;
i = mblen( pmbc, MB_CUR_MAX );
printf( "Length in bytes of NULL multibyte character %x: %u\n", pmbc, i );
}
Output
Convert wide character to multibyte character:
Characters converted: 1
Multibyte character: 61
Length in bytes of multibyte character 61: 1
Length in bytes of NULL multibyte character 0: 0
.NET Framework Equivalent
Not applicable. To call the standard C function, use PInvoke. For more information, see Platform Invoke Examples.
See Also
Reference
Interpretation of Multibyte-Character Sequences
strlen, strlen_l, wcslen, wcslen_l, _mbslen, _mbslen_l, _mbstrlen, _mbstrlen_l