getwchar(3c)

1getwchar(3C)             Standard C Library Functions             getwchar(3C)
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NAME

6       getwchar - get wide character from stdin stream
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SYNOPSIS

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

15       The getwchar() function is equivalent to getwc(stdin).
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RETURN VALUES

18       Refer to fgetwc(3C).
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ERRORS

21       Refer to fgetwc(3C).
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USAGE

24       If the wint_t value returned by getwchar() is stored into a variable of
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26       parison may never succeed because wchar_t is defined as unsigned.
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ATTRIBUTES

29       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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34       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
35       │ATTRIBUTE TYPE               │ATTRIBUTE VALUE              │
36       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
37       │Interface Stability          │Standard                     │
38       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
39       │MT-Level                     │MT-Safe                      │
40       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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