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getwchar(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 					      getwchar(3C)

NAME
getwchar - get wide character from stdin stream SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h> wint_t getwchar(void) DESCRIPTION
The getwchar() function is equivalent to getwc(stdin). RETURN VALUES
Refer to fgetwc(3C). ERRORS
Refer to fgetwc(3C). 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 comparison may never succeed because wchar_t is defined as unsigned. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |MT-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
fgetwc(3C), getwc(3C), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.11 24 Jul 2002 getwchar(3C)

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getwchar(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 					      getwchar(3C)

NAME
getwchar - get wide character from stdin stream SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h> wint_t getwchar(void); DESCRIPTION
The getwchar() function is equivalent to getwc(stdin). RETURN VALUES
Refer to fgetwc(3C). ERRORS
Refer to fgetwc(3C). 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 comparison may never succeed because wchar_t is defined as unsigned. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |MT-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
fgetwc(3C), getwc(3C), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.10 24 Jul 2002 getwchar(3C)
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