NAME
getwchar — get a
wide character from a stdin stream
SYNOPSIS
#include
<wchar.h>
wint_t getwchar(void);
DESCRIPTION
[CX] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2024 defers to the ISO C standard.
The getwchar () function shall
be equivalent to
getwc (
stdin).
RETURN VALUE
Refer to fgetwc(3).
ERRORS
Refer to fgetwc(3).
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
If the wint_t value returned by
getwchar () is stored into a variable of type
wchar_t
and then compared against the wint_t macro WEOF, the
result may be incorrect. Only the wint_t type is
guaranteed to be able to represent any wide character and WEOF.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
V2_chap02(3), fgetwc(3), getwc(3)
XBD <wchar.h>
CHANGE HISTORY
First released as a World-wide Portability Interface in Issue 4. Derived from the MSE working draft.
Issue 7
POSIX.1-2008, Technical Corrigendum 1, XSH/TC1-2008/0271 [14] is applied.