getwchar - read a wide character from standard input


SYNOPSIS

       #include <wchar.h>

       wint_t getwchar (void);


DESCRIPTION

       The  getwchar function is the wide-character equivalent of
       the getchar function. It reads a wide character from stdin
       and  returns  it.  If  the end of stream is reached, or if
       ferror(stdin) becomes true, it returns  WEOF.  If  a  wide
       character conversion error occurs, it sets errno to EILSEQ
       and returns WEOF.


RETURN VALUE

       The getwchar function returns the next wide-character from
       standard input, or WEOF.


CONFORMING TO

       ISO/ANSI C, UNIX98


SEE ALSO

       fgetwc(3)


NOTES

       The behaviour of getwchar depends on the LC_CTYPE category
       of the current locale.

       It is reasonable to expect  that  getwchar  will  actually
       read  a  multibyte  sequence  from standard input and then
       convert it to a wide character.


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