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() 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
18       errno to EILSEQ and returns WEOF.
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20       For a non-locking 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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CONFORMING TO

27       C99
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NOTES

30       The behaviour of getwchar() depends on the  LC_CTYPE  category  of  the
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33       It  is reasonable to expect that getwchar() will actually read a multi‐
34       byte sequence from standard input and then convert it to a wide charac‐
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SEE ALSO

38       fgetwc(3), unlocked_stdio(3)
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42GNU                               1999-07-25                       GETWCHAR(3)