_mbctohira, _mbctohira_l, _mbctokata, _mbctokata_l

Converts between hiragana and katakana characters.

unsigned int _mbctohira(
   unsigned int c 
);
unsigned int _mbctohira_l(
   unsigned int c,
   _locale_t locale
);
unsigned int _mbctokata(
   unsigned int c 
);
unsigned int _mbctokata_l(
   unsigned int c,
   _locale_t locale
);

Parameters

• c
  Multibyte character to convert.

• locale
  Locale to use.

Return Value

Each of these functions returns the converted character c, if possible. Otherwise it returns the character c unchanged.

Remarks

The _mbctohira and_mbctokata functions test a character c and, if possible, apply one of the following conversions.

The output value is affected by the setting of the LC_CTYPE category setting of the locale; see setlocale for more information. The versions of these functions without the _l suffix use the current locale for this locale-dependent behavior; the versions with the _l suffix are identical except that they use the locale parameter passed in instead. For more information, see Locale.

In previous versions, _mbctohira was called jtohira and _mbctokata was called jtokata. For new code, use the new names instead.

Requirements

For more compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.

.NET Framework Equivalent

Not applicable. To call the standard C function, use PInvoke. For more information, see Platform Invoke Examples.

See Also

Concepts

Data Conversion

_mbcjistojms, _mbcjistojms_l, _mbcjmstojis, _mbcjmstojis_l

_mbctolower, _mbctolower_l, _mbctoupper, _mbctoupper_l

_mbctombb, _mbctombb_l