#include <stdio.h>  //fopen()
#include <wchar.h>  //mbsrtowcs()
#include <locale.h> //setlocale()

FILE	*file_in;
FILE	*file_out_wide;
char	*ascii_in;
wchar_t wide_string_A[100];
int char_count=0;
int n;
char *kbufft;

int main(void)
{ 
 if(!setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US.utf8")) return(1);
 file_in=fopen("./ascii_in.txt", "r");
 file_out_wide=fopen("./wide_out.txt", "w"); 
 //********** Get ascii string ******************** 
 getline(&ascii_in, &char_count, file_in); 
 //******* Remove new line and carriage return*****
 kbufft=&ascii_in[ strlen(ascii_in) -1];
 while( (*kbufft=='\r') || (*kbufft=='\n') )
      {
       *kbufft = '\0';
       --kbufft;
      } 
 //********* Convert ascii string to wide string****
 n= mbstowcs(&wide_string_A[0], &ascii_in[0], strlen(ascii_in)+1);
 printf("\n%ls\n", wide_string_A);
 printf("%d\n", n);
 //********* Write wide string to disk**************
 fputws(wide_string_A, file_out_wide); 
 
 fflush(file_in); fflush(file_out_wide);
 fclose(file_in); fclose(file_out_wide);
 free(ascii_in); 
 return(0);
}