mbsinit(3)

mbsinit3

Test for initial shift state

Usage

#include <wchar.h>

int mbsinit(const mbstate_t *ps);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

The function mbsinit() tests whether *ps corresponds to an initial shift state.

Return value

mbsinit() returns nonzero if *ps is an initial shift state, or if ps is NULL. Otherwise, it returns 0.

Attributes

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

InterfaceAttributeValue
mbsinit()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Notes

The behavior of mbsinit() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.

Releases

14 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 13 times.

  1. 2.2
  2. 3.0
  3. 3.1
  4. 4.0
  5. 5.0
  6. 6.0
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. Arch

Standards

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

History

POSIX.1-2001, C99.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.