man mconv_decode_buffer () - Decode a buffer area based on a coding system.

NAME

mconv_decode_buffer - Decode a buffer area based on a coding system.

SYNOPSIS

MText* mconv_decode_buffer (MSymbol name, unsigned char * buf, int n)

DESCRIPTION

The mconv_decode_buffer() function decodes n bytes of the buffer area pointed to by buf based on the coding system name. A temporary code converter for decoding is automatically created and freed.

Return value:.RS 4

If the operation was successful, mconv_decode_buffer() returns the resulting M-text. Otherwise it returns NULL and assigns an error code to the external variable merror_code.

ERRORS

MERROR_IO, MERROR_CODING

SEE ALSO

mconv_decode(), mconv_decode_stream()