std::basic_ios<CharT,Traits>::widen

char_type widen( char c ) const;

Converts a character c to its equivalent in the current locale. The result is converted from char

Effectively calls std::use_facet < std::ctype <char_type> > (getloc( ) ).widen (c)

Parameters

c

-

character to convert

Return value

Character converted to char_type

See also

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