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unctrl(3cur)															      unctrl(3cur)

Name
       unctrl - convert character to printable form

Syntax
       #include <cursesX.h>

       char *unctrl(c)
       chtype c;

Description
       The routine expands the character into a character string which is a printable representation of the character.

       Control	characters  are displayed in the ^X notation.  Printing characters are displayed normally.  The routine is a macro, defined in the
       header file.  This header file is included by the header file described in so you do not have to include it again.

Return Values
       The macro returns a string.

See Also
       intro(3cur)

																      unctrl(3cur)

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unctrl(3XCURSES)					  X/Open Curses Library Functions					  unctrl(3XCURSES)

NAME
unctrl - generate printable representation of a character SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include -L /usr/xpg4/lib -R /usr/xpg4/lib -lcurses [ library... ] c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ] #include <unctrl.h> char *unctrl(chtype c); PARAMETERS
c Is a character. DESCRIPTION
The unctrl() function generates a character string that is a printable representation of c. If c is a control character,it is converted to the ^X notation. If c contains rendition information, the effect is undefined. RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the unctrl() function returns the generated string. Otherwise, it returns a null pointer. ERRORS
No errors are defined. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Unsafe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
addch(3XCURSES), addstr(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), wunctrl(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.11 5 Jun 2002 unctrl(3XCURSES)
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