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getwc(3)							      getwc(3)

NAME
       getwc,  getwc_unlocked, fgetwc, getwchar - Get a wide character from an
       input stream

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdio.h> #include <wchar.h>

       wint_t getwc(
	       FILE *stream ); wint_t getwc_unlocked(
	       FILE *stream ); wint_t fgetwc(
	       FILE *stream ); #include <wchar.h>

       wint_t getwchar(
	       void );

LIBRARY
       Standard C Library (libc)

STANDARDS
       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry	 stan‐
       dards as follows:

       fgetwc(), getwc(), getwchar(): XSH5.0

       Refer  to  the  standards(5)  reference page for more information about
       industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS
       Specifies an input stream from a file.

DESCRIPTION
       The fgetwc() function gets the next character  from  the	 input	stream
       specified  by  the  stream  parameter,  converts it to a wide-character
       code, and advances the  associated  file	 position  indicator  for  the
       stream.	If  an error occurs, the file position indicator is indetermi‐
       nate. This function also marks the st_atime field of the	 file  associ‐
       ated with stream for update.

       The  getwc() function performs the same function as fgetwc() but can be
       implemented as a macro on implementations that conform to X/Open	 stan‐
       dards.

       The  getwchar() function gets the next wide character from the standard
       input stream. This function is equivalent to getwc(stdin).

       The getwc_unlocked() function is functionally identical to the  getwc()
       function, except that getwc_unlocked() may be safely used only within a
       scope that is protected by the flockfile() and funlockfile()  functions
       used as a pair. The caller must ensure that the stream is locked before
       these functions are used.

       On return from calls to the preceding  functions,  applications	should
       use  ferror()  and  feof() to distinguish between error and end-of-file
       conditions.

NOTES
       Because getwc() can be implemented as a macro, applications should  not
       use  it	with a stream argument that is an expression with side effects
       (for example, getwc(*f++)). The fgetwc() function is  recommended  over
       getwc() for reading characters from a stream associated with a file.

       If the value returned by the getwchar() function is stored into a vari‐
       able of type wchar_t and then compared to the macro  WEOF  (defined  as
       type  wint_t in the wchar.h header file), the comparison may never suc‐
       ceed.

RETURN VALUES
       These functions return either the resultant wide-character code or, for
       error  and  end-of-file	conditions,  the constant WEOF (wide-character
       End-Of-File).

ERRORS
       If any of  the  following  conditions  occur,  the  fgetwc(),  getwc(),
       getwc_unlocked(),  and  getwchar(),  functions  set errno to the corre‐
       sponding value: The O_NONBLOCK option is set for	 the  file  descriptor
       underlying the stream parameter and the process would be delayed by the
       read operation.	The file descriptor underlying the stream parameter is
       not  a  valid file descriptor open for reading.	The data obtained from
       the input stream does not form a valid wide character  in  the  current
       locale.	 The  read  operation  was  interrupted	 by  a signal that was
       caught, and no data was	transferred.   One  of	the  following	errors
       occurred: The call is attempting to read from the process's controlling
       terminal and either the process is ignoring  or	blocking  the  SIGTTIN
       signal  or  the	process	 group	is  orphaned.	A  physical  I/O error
       occurred. This condition is defined starting with XSH Issue 4,  Version
       2.   Insufficient  memory  is  available for the operation.  The device
       associated with stream either does  not	exist  or  cannot  handle  the
       request.	 The file is a regular file and an attempt was made to read at
       or beyond the offset maximum associated with the corresponding stream.

SEE ALSO
       Functions: fopen(3), fread(3), fgetws(3), getc(3),  gets(3),  putwc(3),
       scanf(3), wscanf(3)

       Standards: standards(5)

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