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GETWCHAR(3P)						     POSIX Programmer's Manual						      GETWCHAR(3P)

PROLOG
       This  manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the correspond-
       ing Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME
       getwchar - get a wide character from a stdin stream

SYNOPSIS
       #include <wchar.h>

       wint_t getwchar(void);

DESCRIPTION
       The getwchar() function shall be equivalent to getwc(stdin).

RETURN VALUE
       Refer to fgetwc().

ERRORS
       Refer to fgetwc().

       The following sections are informative.

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
       fgetwc(), getwc(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <wchar.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
       Electrical  and	Electronics  Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE
       and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can  be  obtained
       online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

IEEE
/The Open Group						       2003							      GETWCHAR(3P)