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Name

MB_LEN_MAX - maximum multibyte length of a character across all locales

Synopsis


#include <limits.h>

Description

The MB_LEN_MAX macro is the upper bound for the number of bytes needed to represent a single wide character, across all locales.

Return Value

A constant integer greater than zero.

Conforming to

C99, POSIX.1-2001.

Notes

The entities MB_LEN_MAX and sizeof(wchar_t) are totally unrelated. In glibc, MB_LEN_MAX is typically 6 while sizeof(wchar_t) is 4.

See Also

MB_CUR_MAX(3)

Colophon

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