-qmbcs, -qdbcs

Pragma equivalent

#pragma options [no]mbcs, #pragma options [no]dbcs

Purpose

Enables support for multibyte character sets (MBCS) and Unicode characters in your source code.

When mbcs or dbcs is in effect, multibyte character literals and comments are recognized by the compiler. When nombcs or nodbcs is in effect, the compiler treats all literals as single-byte literals.

Syntax


        .-nodbcs-.   
        +-nombcs-+   
>>- -q--+-mbcs---+---------------------------------------------><
        '-dbcs---'

Defaults

-qnombcs, -qnodbcs

Usage

For rules on using multibyte characters in your source code, see Multibyte characters .

In addition, you can use multibyte characters in the following contexts:

In file names passed as arguments to compiler invocations on the command line; for example:
```
xlc /u/myhome/c_programs/kanji_files/multibyte_char.c -omultibyte_char
```
In file names, as suboptions to compiler options that take file names as arguments
In the definition of a macro name using the -D option; for example:
```
-DMYMACRO=“kpsmultibyte_chardcs”
-DMYMACRO='multibyte_char'
```

Listing files display the date and time for the appropriate international language, and multibyte characters in the source file name also appear in the name of the corresponding list file. For example, a C source file called:

multibyte_char.c

gives a list file called

multibyte_char.lst

Predefined macros

None.

Examples

To compile myprogram.c if it contains multibyte characters, enter:

xlc myprogram.c -qmbcs

Related information

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