# Standard library header <cuchar> (C++11)

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This header was originally in the C standard library as `<uchar.h>`.

This header is part of the null-terminated multibyte strings library.

### Macros
__STDC_UTF_16__ (C++11) | indicates that UTF-16 encoding is used by mbrtoc16 and c16rtomb (macro constant)
__STDC_UTF_32__ (C++11) | indicates that UTF-32 encoding is used by mbrtoc32 and c32rtomb (macro constant)
### Types
mbstate_t | conversion state information necessary to iterate multibyte character strings (class)
size_t | unsigned integer type returned by the `sizeof` operator (typedef)
### Functions
mbrtoc16 (C++11) | converts a narrow multibyte character to UTF-16 encoding (function)
c16rtomb (C++11) | convert a 16-bit wide character to narrow multibyte string (function)
mbrtoc32 (C++11) | converts a narrow multibyte character to UTF-32 encoding (function)
c32rtomb (C++11) | convert a 32-bit wide character to narrow multibyte string (function)
mbrtoc8 (C++20) | converts a narrow multibyte character to UTF-8 encoding (function)
c8rtomb (C++20) | converts UTF-8 string to narrow multibyte encoding (function)

### Synopsis

    namespace std {
      using mbstate_t = /* see description */;
      using size_t = /* see description */;

      size_t mbrtoc8(char8_t* pc8, const char* s, size_t n, mbstate_t* ps);
      size_t c8rtomb(char* s, char8_t c8, mbstate_t* ps);
      size_t mbrtoc16(char16_t* pc16, const char* s, size_t n, mbstate_t* ps);
      size_t c16rtomb(char* s, char16_t c16, mbstate_t* ps);
      size_t mbrtoc32(char32_t* pc32, const char* s, size_t n, mbstate_t* ps);
      size_t c32rtomb(char* s, char32_t c32, mbstate_t* ps);
    }

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