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.TH GETWCHAR 3  1999-07-25 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
getwchar \- read a wide character from standard input
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <wchar.h>
.sp
.B "wint_t getwchar(void);"
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR getwchar ()
function is the wide-character equivalent of the
.BR getchar (3)
function.
It reads a wide character from \fIstdin\fP and returns
it.
If the end of stream is reached, or if \fIferror(stdin)\fP becomes
true, it returns
.BR WEOF .
If a wide-character conversion error occurs, it sets
\fIerrno\fP to \fBEILSEQ\fP and returns
.BR WEOF .
.PP
For a nonlocking counterpart, see
.BR unlocked_stdio (3).
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
The
.BR getwchar ()
function returns the next wide-character from
standard input, or
.BR WEOF .
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
C99.
.SH NOTES
The behavior of
.BR getwchar ()
depends on the
.B LC_CTYPE
category of the
current locale.
.PP
It is reasonable to expect that
.BR getwchar ()
will actually
read a multibyte sequence from standard input and then
convert it to a wide character.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR fgetwc (3),
.BR unlocked_stdio (3)
.SH COLOPHON
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