WCSXFRM(3)                 POSIX Programmer's Manual                WCSXFRM(3)



PPRROOLLOOGG
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       implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding
       OS manual page for details of OS behavior), or the interface may not be
       implemented on OS.


NNAAMMEE
       wcsxfrm, wcsxfrm_l -- wide-character string transformation

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       #include <wchar.h>

       size_t wcsxfrm(wchar_t *restrict _w_s_1, const wchar_t *restrict _w_s_2,
           size_t _n);
       size_t wcsxfrm_l(wchar_t *restrict _w_s_1, const wchar_t *restrict _w_s_2,
           size_t _n, locale_t _l_o_c_a_l_e);

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       For _w_c_s_x_f_r_m(): The functionality described on this reference page is
       aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements
       described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of
       POSIX.1-2008 defers to the ISO C standard.

       The _w_c_s_x_f_r_m() and _w_c_s_x_f_r_m___l() functions shall transform the wide-
       character string pointed to by _w_s_2 and place the resulting wide-
       character string into the array pointed to by _w_s_1.  The transformation
       shall be such that if _w_c_s_c_m_p() is applied to two transformed wide
       strings, it shall return a value greater than, equal to, or less than
       0, corresponding to the result of _w_c_s_c_o_l_l() and _w_c_s_c_o_l_l___l() applied to
       the same two original wide-character strings, and the same _L_C___C_O_L_L_A_T_E
       category of the current locale or the locale object _l_o_c_a_l_e,
       respectively. No more than _n wide-character codes shall be placed into
       the resulting array pointed to by _w_s_1, including the terminating null
       wide-character code. If _n is 0, _w_s_1 is permitted to be a null pointer.
       If copying takes place between objects that overlap, the behavior is
       undefined.

       The _w_c_s_x_f_r_m() and _w_c_s_x_f_r_m___l() functions shall not change the setting of
       _e_r_r_n_o if successful.

       Since no return value is reserved to indicate an error, an application
       wishing to check for error situations should set _e_r_r_n_o to 0, then call
       _w_c_s_x_f_r_m() or _w_c_s_x_f_r_m___l(), then check _e_r_r_n_o.

       The behavior is undefined if the _l_o_c_a_l_e argument to _w_c_s_x_f_r_m___l() is the
       special locale object LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE or is not a valid locale object
       handle.

RREETTUURRNN VVAALLUUEE
       The _w_c_s_x_f_r_m() and _w_c_s_x_f_r_m___l() functions shall 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 _w_s_1 are unspecified.

       On error, the _w_c_s_x_f_r_m() and _w_c_s_x_f_r_m___l() functions may set _e_r_r_n_o, but no
       return value is reserved to indicate an error.

EERRRROORRSS
       These functions may fail if:

       EEIINNVVAALL The wide-character string pointed to by _w_s_2 contains wide-
              character codes outside the domain of the collating sequence.

       _T_h_e _f_o_l_l_o_w_i_n_g _s_e_c_t_i_o_n_s _a_r_e _i_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_v_e_.

EEXXAAMMPPLLEESS
       None.

AAPPPPLLIICCAATTIIOONN UUSSAAGGEE
       The transformation function is such that two transformed wide-character
       strings can be ordered by _w_c_s_c_m_p() as appropriate to collating sequence
       information in the current locale (category _L_C___C_O_L_L_A_T_E).

       The fact that when _n is 0 _w_s_1 is permitted to be a null pointer is
       useful to determine the size of the _w_s_1 array prior to making the
       transformation.

RRAATTIIOONNAALLEE
       None.

FFUUTTUURREE DDIIRREECCTTIIOONNSS
       None.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       _w_c_s_c_m_p(), _w_c_s_c_o_l_l()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <<wwcchhaarr..hh>>

CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT
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       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of
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       POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
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