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.\" $FreeBSD: head/lib/libc/locale/mbsinit.3 128032 2004-04-08 09:59:02Z tjr $
.\"
.Dd December 26, 2013
.Dt MBSINIT 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mbsinit ,
.Nm mbsinit_l
.Nd "determine conversion object status"
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In wchar.h
.Ft int
.Fn mbsinit "const mbstate_t *ps"
.In xlocale.h
.Ft int
.Fn mbsinit_l "const mbstate_t *ps" "locale_t locale"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn mbsinit
and
.Fn mbsinit_l
functions determine whether the
.Vt mbstate_t
object pointed to by
.Fa ps
describes an initial conversion state.
.Pp
The
.Fn mbsinit_l
function takes an explicit
.Fa locale
argument, whereas the
.Fn mbsinit
function uses the current global or per-thread locale.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn mbsinit
and
.Fn mbsinit_l
functions return non-zero if
.Fa ps
is
.Dv NULL
or describes an initial conversion state,
otherwise it returns zero.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mbrlen 3 ,
.Xr mbrtowc 3 ,
.Xr mbsrtowcs 3 ,
.Xr multibyte 3 ,
.Xr wcrtomb 3 ,
.Xr wcsrtombs 3 ,
.Xr xlocale 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn mbsinit
function conforms to
.St -isoC-99 .