_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.

Routines	Converts
_mbctohira,_mbctohira_l	Multibyte katakana to multibyte hiragana.
_mbctokata,_mbctokata_l	Multibyte hiragana to multibyte katakana.

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

Routine	Required header
_mbctohira	<mbstring.h>
_mbctohira_l	<mbstring.h>
_mbctokata	<mbstring.h>
_mbctokata_l	<mbstring.h>

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

Reference

Data Conversion

_mbcjistojms, _mbcjistojms_l, _mbcjmstojis, _mbcjmstojis_l

_mbctolower, _mbctolower_l, _mbctoupper, _mbctoupper_l

_mbctombb, _mbctombb_l