MBSINIT(3) Library Functions Manual MBSINIT(3) NAME mbsinit, mbsinit_l - determine conversion object status LIBRARY Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include int mbsinit(const mbstate_t *ps); #include #include int mbsinit_l(const mbstate_t *ps, locale_t loc); DESCRIPTION The mbsinit() function determines whether the mbstate_t object pointed to by ps describes an initial conversion state. While the mbsinit() function uses the current locale, the mbsinit_l() function may be passed a locale directly. See xlocale(3) for more information. RETURN VALUES The mbsinit() function returns non-zero if ps is NULL or describes an initial conversion state; otherwise, it returns zero. SEE ALSO mbrlen(3), mbrtowc(3), mbsrtowcs(3), multibyte(3), wcrtomb(3), wcsrtombs(3), xlocale(3) STANDARDS The mbsinit() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 ("ISO C99"). macOS 26.6 April 8, 2004 macOS 26.6