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GETWCHAR(3)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                   GETWCHAR(3)

NAME         top

       getwchar - read a wide character from standard input

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <wchar.h>

       wint_t getwchar(void);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The getwchar() function is the wide-character equivalent of the getchar(3)
       function.  It reads a wide character from stdin and returns it.  If the end of
       stream is reached, or if ferror(stdin) becomes true, it returns WEOF.  If a
       wide-character conversion error occurs, it sets errno to EILSEQ and returns
       WEOF.

       For a nonlocking counterpart, see unlocked_stdio(3).

RETURN VALUE         top

       The getwchar() function returns the next wide-character from standard input,
       or WEOF.

CONFORMING TO         top

       C99.

NOTES         top

       The behavior of getwchar() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current
       locale.

       It is reasonable to expect that getwchar() will actually read a multibyte
       sequence from standard input and then convert it to a wide character.

SEE ALSO         top

       fgetwc(3), unlocked_stdio(3)

COLOPHON         top

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GNU                                   1999-07-25                          GETWCHAR(3)

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