Declaration

size_t wcstombs(char* cpMultibyteString,
                const wchar_t* kwpString,
                size_t qMaxCount);

Description

This function converts a wide character string to to a multibyte string.

Example

#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstdio>

int main() {
    wchar_t waWideChar[]        = L"XoaX.net";
    char* cpMultibyteString     = new char[9*MB_CUR_MAX];

    // Convert to a multibyte string
    int iConvertLength = wcstombs(cpMultibyteString, waWideChar, 9*MB_CUR_MAX);
    // Null terminate the chars
    cpMultibyteString[iConvertLength] = 0;
    printf("Conversion Length = %d\n", iConvertLength);
    printf("Conversion = %s\n", cpMultibyteString);

    delete [] cpMultibyteString;
    // Keep the window open until "Enter" is pressed
    getchar();
    return 0;
}

Output