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curs_inchstr(3)						       curs_inchstr(3)

NAME
       inchstr, inchnstr, winchstr, winchnstr, mvinchstr, mvinchnstr,
       mvwinchstr, mvwinchnstr - get a string of characters (and attributes)
       from a curses window

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curses.h>

       int inchstr(chtype *chstr);
       int inchnstr(chtype *chstr, int n);
       int winchstr(WINDOW *win, chtype *chstr);
       int winchnstr(WINDOW *win, chtype *chstr, int n);
       int mvinchstr(int y, int x, chtype *chstr);
       int mvinchnstr(int y, int x, chtype *chstr, int n);
       int mvwinchstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, chtype *chstr);
       int mvwinchnstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, chtype *chstr, int n);

DESCRIPTION
       These routines return a NULL-terminated array of chtype quantities,
       starting at the current cursor position in the named window and ending
       at the right margin of the window.  The four functions with n as the
       last argument, return a leading substring at most n characters long
       (exclusive of the trailing (chtype)0).  Constants defined in <curses.h>
       can be used with the & (logical AND) operator to extract the character
       or the attribute alone from any position in the chstr [see
       curs_inch(3)].

RETURN VALUE
       All routines return the integer ERR upon failure and an integer value
       other than ERR upon successful completion (the number of characters
       retrieved, exclusive of the trailing 0).

       No error conditions are defined.	 If the chstr parameter is null, no
       data is returned, and the return value is zero.

NOTES
       Note that all routines except winchnstr may be macros.  SVr4 does not
       document whether the result string is 0-terminated; it does not
       document whether a length limit argument includes any trailing 0; and
       it does not document the meaning of the return value.

PORTABILITY
       These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.  It
       is no more specific than the SVr4 documentation on the trailing 0.  It
       does specify that the successful return of the functions is OK.

SEE ALSO
       curses(3), curs_inch(3).

       Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are
       described in curs_in_wchstr(3).

								 March 1, 2011
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