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getwchar

Section: Standard C Library Functions (3C)
Updated: 24 Jul 2002
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NAME

getwchar - get wide character from stdin stream  

SYNOPSIS

#include <wchar.h>

wint_t getwchar(void);  

DESCRIPTION

The getwchar() function is equivalent to getwc(stdin).  

RETURN VALUES

Refer to fgetwc(3C).  

ERRORS

Refer to fgetwc(3C).  

USAGE

If the wint_t value returned by getwchar() is stored into a variable of type wchar_t and then compared against the wint_t macro WEOF, the comparison may never succeed because wchar_t is defined as unsigned.  

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface StabilityStandard
MT-LevelMT-Safe

 

SEE ALSO

fgetwc(3C), getwc(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)

 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUES
ERRORS
USAGE
ATTRIBUTES
SEE ALSO
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