# MBINCHARQQ (W*S)

NLS Function: Performs the same function as INCHARQQ except that it can read a single multibyte character at once, and it returns the number of bytes read as well as the character.

## Module

USE IFNLS

result = MBINCHARQQ (string)

string | (Output) CHARACTER(MBLenMax). String containing the read characters, padded with blanks up to the length MBLenMax. The MBLenMax parameter, defined in the module `IFNLS.F90`, is the longest length, in bytes, of any character in any codepage installed on the system.

## Results

The result type is INTEGER(4). The result is the number of characters read.

Parent topic: National Language Support (NLS) Library Routines

## See Also

INCHARQQ
MBCurMax
MBCharLen
MBLead