wsxfrm(3C)
NAME
wcsxfrm, wsxfrm - wide character string transformation
SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h>
size_t wcsxfrm(wchar_t *ws1, const wchar_t *ws2, size_t n);
size_t wsxfrm(wchar_t *ws1, const wchar_t *ws2, size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
The wcsxfrm() and wcsxfrm() functions transform the wide
character string pointed to by ws2 and place the resulting
wide character string into the array pointed to by ws1. The
transformation is such that if either the wcscmp(3C) or
wscmp(3C) functions are applied to two transformed wide
strings, they return a value greater than, equal to, or less
than 0, corresponding to the result of the wcscoll(3C) or
wscoll(3C) function applied to the same two original wide
character strings. No more than n wide-character codes are
placed into the resulting array pointed to by ws1, including
the terminating null wide-character code. If n is 0, ws1 is
permitted to be a null pointer. If copying takes place
between objects that overlap, the behavior is undefined.
RETURN VALUES
The wcsxfrm() and wsxfrm() functions return the length of
the transformed wide character string (not including the
terminating null wide-character code). If the value returned
is n or more, the contents of the array pointed to by ws1
are indeterminate.
On error, wcsxfrm() and wsxfrm() return (size_t)-1 and set
errno to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The wcsxfrm() and wsxfrm() functions may fail if:
EINVAL
The wide character string pointed to by ws2 contains
wide-character codes outside the domain of the collat-
ing sequence.
ENOSYS
The function is not supported.
USAGE
The transformation function is such that two transformed
wide character strings can be ordered by the wcscmp() or
wscmp() functions as appropriate to collating sequence
information in the program's locale (category LC_COLLATE).
The fact that when n is 0, ws1 is permitted to be a null
pointer, is useful to determine the size of the ws1 array
prior to making the transformation.
Because no return value is reserved to indicate an error, an
application wishing to check for error situations should set
errno to 0, call wcsxfrm() or wsxfrm(), then check errno
and if it is non-zero, assume an error has occurred.
The wcsxfrm() and wsxfrm() functions can be used safely in
multithreaded applications as long as setlocale(3C) is not
being called to change the locale.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
| MT-Level | MT-Safe with exceptions |
| CSI | Enabled |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
setlocale(3C), wcscmp(3C), wcscoll(3C), wscmp(3C),
wscoll(3C), attributes(5)
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