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.
NAME
getwchar - get a wide character from a stdin stream
SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h>
wint_t getwchar(void);
DESCRIPTION
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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.
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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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