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+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
+
+/* Do not include the above headers in the example.
+*/
+wchar_t *
+mbstouwcs (const char *s)
+{
+  size_t len = strlen (s);
+  wchar_t *result = malloc ((len + 1) * sizeof (wchar_t));
+  wchar_t *wcp = result;
+  wchar_t tmp[1];
+  mbstate_t state;
+  size_t nbytes;
+
+  memset (&state, '\0', sizeof (state));
+  while ((nbytes = mbrtowc (tmp, s, len, &state)) > 0)
+    {
+      if (nbytes >= (size_t) -2)
+        /* Invalid input string.  */
+        return NULL;
+      *wcp++ = towupper (tmp[0]);
+      len -= nbytes;
+      s += nbytes;
+    }
+  return result;
+}