The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition
Copyright © 2001-2004 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.
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NAME

getwchar - get a wide character from a stdin stream

SYNOPSIS

#include <wchar.h>

wint_t getwchar(void);

DESCRIPTION

[CX] [Option Start] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 defers to the ISO C standard. [Option End]

The getwchar() function shall be equivalent to getwc(stdin).

RETURN VALUE

Refer to fgetwc().

ERRORS

Refer to fgetwc().


The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION 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 result may be incorrect. Only the wint_t type is guaranteed to be able to represent any wide character and WEOF.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

fgetwc(), getwc(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <wchar.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released as a World-wide Portability Interface in Issue 4. Derived from the MSE working draft.

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