__toCcsid() — Convert codeset name to coded character set ID

Standards

Standards / Extensions	C or C++	Dependencies
z/OS® UNIX	both	z/OS V1R2

Format

#include <_Ccsid.h>

__ccsid_t __toCcsid(char *codesetName);

General description

The __toCcsid() function returns the coded character set ID corresponding to the provided codesetName argument.

Returned value

If successful, __toCcsid() returns the corresponding CCSID for codesetName, if one exists. The returned __ccsid_t type is defined in <_Ccsid.h> as an unsigned short.

If unsuccessful, __toCcsid() returns 0 and sets errno to one of the following values:

Error Code: Description
EINVAL: The length of the codesetName argument is greater than _CSNAME_LEN_MAX as defined in header <_Ccsid.h>.

Related information

_Ccsid.h
__CcsidType() — Return coded character set ID type
__CSNameType() — Return codeset name type
__toCSName() — Convert coded character set ID to codeset name