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GETWC(3)		     Library Functions Manual			GETWC(3)

NAME
     fgetwc, getwc, getwchar -- get next wide character from input stream

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

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

     wint_t
     fgetwc(FILE *stream);

     wint_t
     getwc(FILE *stream);

     wint_t
     getwchar(void);

DESCRIPTION
     The  fgetwc()  function  obtains the next input wide character (if present)
     from the stream pointed at by stream, or the next character pushed back  on
     the stream via ungetwc(3).

     The getwc() function acts essentially identically to fgetwc().

     The getwchar() function is equivalent to getwc() with the argument stdin.

RETURN VALUES
     If  successful,  these  routines  return  the  next wide character from the
     stream.  If the stream is at end-of-file or a read error occurs,  the  rou-
     tines return WEOF.  The routines feof(3) and ferror(3) must be used to dis-
     tinguish  between	end-of-file  and  error.  If an error occurs, the global
     variable errno is set to indicate the error.  The end-of-file condition  is
     remembered,  even	on  a terminal, and all subsequent attempts to read will
     return WEOF until the condition is cleared with clearerr(3).

SEE ALSO
     ferror(3), fopen(3), fread(3), getc(3), putwc(3), stdio(3), ungetwc(3)

STANDARDS
     The fgetwc(), getwc() and getwchar() functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999
     ("ISO C99").

HISTORY
     A version of the getc() and getw() functions appeared  in	Version  1  AT&T
     UNIX.

FreeBSD ports 15.1		  March 3, 2004 			GETWC(3)

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