getwchar(3)

1GETWCHAR(3)                Linux Programmer's Manual               GETWCHAR(3)
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NAME

6       getwchar - read a wide character from standard input
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <wchar.h>
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11       wint_t getwchar(void);
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DESCRIPTION

14       The  getwchar()  function  is  the  wide-character  equivalent  of  the
15       getchar(3) function.  It reads a wide character from stdin and  returns
16       it.  If the end of stream is reached, or if ferror(stdin) becomes true,
17       it returns WEOF.  If a wide-character conversion error occurs, it  sets
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20       For a nonlocking counterpart, see unlocked_stdio(3).
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RETURN VALUE

23       The  getwchar()  function returns the next wide-character from standard
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ATTRIBUTES

27       For an  explanation  of  the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see  at‐
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30       ┌───────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
31       │Interface  │ Attribute     │ Value   │
32       ├───────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
33       │getwchar() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
34       └───────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
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CONFORMING TO

37       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.
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NOTES

40       The behavior of getwchar() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the cur‐
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43       It is reasonable to expect that getwchar() will actually read a  multi‐
44       byte sequence from standard input and then convert it to a wide charac‐
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COLOPHON

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