std::basic_ios::widen(3)

💅 NAME

okay so bestie, this page is for std::basic_ios::widen — manual name std::basic_ios::widen(3) — from the C++ Standard Library, and we’re gonna make it make sense. 🫶

✨ Synopsis

char_type widen( char c ) const;

So what’s the tea? It converts a character c to its equivalent in the current locale. The result is converted from char to the character type used within the stream if needed.

It effectively calls std::use_facet< std::ctype<char_type> >(getloc()).widen(c). slay. 💅

🌸 Parameters

• c — character to convert

🎀 Return value

Character converted to char_type. periodt. ✨

🦋 See also

• narrow — narrows characters (public member function)
• do_widen — converts a character or characters from char to CharT [virtual] (virtual protected member function of std::ctype<CharT>)
• btowc — widens a single-byte narrow character to wide character, if possible (function)

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