The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition
Copyright © 2001-2003 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.

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.

End of informative text.


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