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

putwchar - put a wide character on a stdout stream

SYNOPSIS

#include <wchar.h>

wint_t putwchar(wchar_t wc);

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 function call putwchar(wc) shall be equivalent to putwc(wc,stdout).

RETURN VALUE

Refer to fputwc().

ERRORS

Refer to fputwc().

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

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

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 4.

Issue 5

Aligned with ISO/IEC 9899:1990/Amendment 1:1995 (E). Specifically, the type of argument wc is changed from wint_t to wchar_t.

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