NAME

       mbsinit - test for initial shift state

LIBRARY

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <wchar.h>

       int mbsinit(const mbstate_t *ps);

DESCRIPTION

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

RETURN VALUE

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

ATTRIBUTES

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

       ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                                                      │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │mbsinit()                                                      │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS

       C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

       POSIX.1-2001, C99.

NOTES

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

SEE ALSO

       mbstate_t(3type), mbrlen(3), mbrtowc(3), mbsrtowcs(3), wcrtomb(3), wcsrtombs(3)