iconv_close() — Deallocate code conversion descriptor

Standards

Standards / Extensions	C or C++	Dependencies
XPG4 XPG4.2 Single UNIX Specification, Version 3	both

Format

#include <iconv.h>

int iconv_close(iconv_t cd);

General description

Deallocates the conversion descriptor cd and all other associated resources allocated by the iconv_open() function. For an illustration of using iconv_open(), see Example.

Returned value

If successful, iconv_close() returns 0.

If unsuccessful, iconv_close() returns -1 and sets errno to one of the following values:

Error Code: Description
EBADF: cd is not a valid descriptor.

Related information

“Internationalization: Locales and Character Sets” in z/OS XL C/C++ Programming Guide
iconv.h
locale.h
iconv() — Code conversion
iconv_open() — Allocate code conversion descriptor
setlocale() — Set locale