MB_LEN_MAX(3)                                       Linux Programmer's Manual                                      MB_LEN_MAX(3)



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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Linux                                                      1999-07-04                                              MB_LEN_MAX(3)