The Single UNIX ® Specification, Version 2
Copyright © 1997 The Open Group

NAME

getwchar - get a wide character from a stdin stream

SYNOPSIS

#include <wchar.h>

wint_t getwchar(void);

DESCRIPTION

The getwchar() getwc(stdin). function is equivalent to

RETURN VALUE

Refer to fgetwc().

ERRORS

Refer to fgetwc().

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

If the value returned by getwchar() is stored into a variable of type wchar_t and then compared against the wint_t macro WEOF, the comparison need never succeed.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

fgetwc(), getwc(), <wchar.h>.

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