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<h1 align=center>ICONV_OPEN_INTO</h1>
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<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
<a href="#RETURN VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a><br>
<a href="#ERRORS">ERRORS</a><br>
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<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>
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iconv_open_into - initialize descriptor for character set conversion</td></table>
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<pre><b>#include &lt;iconv.h&gt;
int iconv_open_into (const char*</b> <i>tocode</i><b>, const char*</b> <i>fromcode</i><b>,
iconv_allocation_t*</b> <i>resultp</i><b>);
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The <b>iconv_open_into</b> function initializes a conversion
descriptor suitable for converting byte sequences from
character encoding <i>fromcode</i> to character encoding
<i>tocode</i>. The conversion descriptor is stored in the
memory pointed to by <i>resultp</i>.</td></table>
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The values permitted for <i>fromcode</i> and <i>tocode</i>
are the same as for the function
<b>iconv_open</b>.</td></table>
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After a successful return from this function, <i>resultp</i>
can be be used as an <b>iconv_t</b> object with the
<b>iconv</b> function.</td></table>
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The <b>iconv_open_into</b> function fills
<b>*</b><i>resultp</i> and returns 0 if it succeeds. In case
of error, it sets <b>errno</b> and returns -1.</td></table>
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The following error can occur, among others:</td></table>
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<b>EINVAL</b></td></table>
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The conversion from <i>fromcode</i> to <i>tocode</i> is not
supported by the implementation.</td></table>
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This function is implemented only in GNU libiconv and not in
other <b>iconv</b> implementations. It is not backed by a
standard. You can test for its presence through
<b>(_LIBICONV_VERSION &gt;= 0x010D)</b>.</td></table>
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<b>iconv_open</b>(3) <b>iconv</b>(3)</td></table>
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