ultrix man page for scanw

scanw(3cur)															       scanw(3cur)

Name
       scanw, mvscanw, mvwscanw, wscanw - formatted read from window

Syntax
       #include <cursesX.h>

       int scanw(fmt [, arg] ...)
       char *fmt;

       int wscanw(win, fmt [, arg] ...)
       WINDOW *win;
       char *fmt;

       int mvscanw(y, x, fmt [, arg] ...)
       int y, x;
       char *fmt;

       int mvwscanw(win, y, x, fmt [, arg] ...)
       WINDOW *win;
       int y, x;
       char *fmt;

Description
       These  routines	correspond  to The function reads input from the default window.  The function reads input from the specified window.  The
       function moves the cursor to the specified position and then reads input from the default window.  The function moves  the  cursor  to  the
       specified position and then reads input from the specified window.

       For  all  the  functions, the routine is called to get a string from the window, and the resulting line is used as input for the scan.  All
       character interpretation is carried out according to the function rules.

Return Values
       Upon successful completion, the and functions return the number of items successfully matched.  On end-of-file, they return EOF.  Otherwise
       they return ERR.

See Also
       wgetstr(3cur), scanf(3s)

																       scanw(3cur)