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38.Dd March 3, 2004
39.Dt GETWC 3
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm fgetwc ,
43.Nm getwc ,
44.Nm getwchar
45.Nd get next wide character from input stream
46.Sh LIBRARY
47.Lb libc
48.Sh SYNOPSIS
49.In stdio.h
50.In wchar.h
51.Ft wint_t
52.Fn fgetwc "FILE *stream"
53.Ft wint_t
54.Fn getwc "FILE *stream"
55.Ft wint_t
56.Fn getwchar void
57.Sh DESCRIPTION
58The
59.Fn fgetwc
60function
61obtains the next input wide character (if present) from the stream pointed at by
62.Fa stream ,
63or the next character pushed back on the stream via
64.Xr ungetwc 3 .
65.Pp
66The
67.Fn getwc
68function
69acts essentially identically to
70.Fn fgetwc .
71.Pp
72The
73.Fn getwchar
74function
75is equivalent to
76.Fn getwc
77with the argument
78.Dv stdin .
79.Sh RETURN VALUES
80If successful, these routines return the next wide character
81from the
82.Fa stream .
83If the stream is at end-of-file or a read error occurs,
84the routines return
85.Dv WEOF .
86The routines
87.Xr feof 3
88and
89.Xr ferror 3
90must be used to distinguish between end-of-file and error.
91If an error occurs, the global variable
92.Va errno
93is set to indicate the error.
94The end-of-file condition is remembered, even on a terminal, and all
95subsequent attempts to read will return
96.Dv WEOF
97until the condition is cleared with
98.Xr clearerr 3 .
99.Sh SEE ALSO
100.Xr ferror 3 ,
101.Xr fopen 3 ,
102.Xr fread 3 ,
103.Xr getc 3 ,
104.Xr putwc 3 ,
105.Xr stdio 3 ,
106.Xr ungetwc 3
107.Sh STANDARDS
108The
109.Fn fgetwc ,
110.Fn getwc
111and
112.Fn getwchar
113functions
114conform to
115.St -isoC-99 .
116