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ungetc

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NAME

ungetc, ungetwc - Pushes a byte or wide-character code back into the input stream  

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a)  

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>

int ungetc(
        int c,
        FILE *stream);

#include <wchar.h>

wint_t ungetwc(
        wint_t wchar,
        FILE *stream);

For the ungetwc() function, application developers may want to specify an #include statement for <stdio.h> before the one for <wchar.h> if programs are being developed for multiple platforms. The additional #include statement is not required on Tru64 UNIX systems or by ISO or X/Open standards, but may be required on other vendors' systems that conform to these standards.  

STANDARDS

Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

ungetc(), ungetwc():  ISO C, XPG4, XPG4-UNIX

Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.  

PARAMETERS

Specifies a byte to be inserted into the input stream. Specifies the input stream. Specifies a wide-character code.  

DESCRIPTION

The ungetc() function converts the byte specified by the c parameter into an unsigned char and inserts it into the buffer associated with the input stream specified by the stream parameter. This causes the next call to the getc() function to return c.

If the c parameter has a value equal to EOF, the ungetc() function does not place anything in the buffer and the input stream is unchanged.

The ungetwc() function inserts the wide character specified by wchar into the buffer associated with the input stream. The wide character may consist of one or more bytes. This causes the next call to the getwc() function to return the value of the wchar parameter.

If the ungetwc() wchar parameter is WEOF, the ungetwc() function does not place anything in the buffer and the input stream is unchanged.

A call to one of the file-positioning functions (fseek(), fsetpos(), or rewind()), if it uses the same stream and intervenes between a call to ungetc() or ungetwc() and getc() or getwc(), discards any pushed back bytes for the stream. The value of the file-position indicator after reading or discarding pushed-back bytes will be the same as it was before the bytes were pushed back.

A successful call to ungetc() or ungetwc() clears the end-of-file indicator and decrements the file-position indicator for the stream. If the value of the file-position indicator is zero before the call, the value is indeterminate after the call. These functions do not have any effect on the external storage corresponding to the stream.

One character of push back is guaranteed (this corresponds to one byte for ungetc()) and one or more bytes for ungetwc()); however, if one of these functions is called too many times on the same stream without an intervening read or file-positioning operation on that stream, industry standards specify that the functions may fail. (Applications do not encounter this failure on Tru64 UNIX systems. However, results are unpredictable if applications intermix calls to ungetc() and ungetwc() on the same stream.)  

RETURN VALUES

On successful insertion of the converted byte into the stream, the ungetc() function returns the value of c. Otherwise, the function returns EOF.

On successful insertion of the converted wide character into the stream, the ungetwc() function returns the value of wchar. Otherwise, the function returns WEOF.  

ERRORS

If the following condition occurs, the ungetwc() function sets errno to the corresponding value: An invalid byte sequence is detected, or a wide-character code does not correspond to a valid single-byte or multibyte character in the current locale.  

RELATED INFORMATION

Functions: fseek(3), getc(3), getwc(3), setbuf(3)

Standards: standards(5) delim off


 

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NAME
LIBRARY
SYNOPSIS
STANDARDS
PARAMETERS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUES
ERRORS
RELATED INFORMATION

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