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38.Dd $Mdocdate: December 1 2017 $
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 SYNOPSIS
47.In stdio.h
48.In wchar.h
49.Ft wint_t
50.Fn fgetwc "FILE *stream"
51.Ft wint_t
52.Fn getwc "FILE *stream"
53.Ft wint_t
54.Fn getwchar void
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56The
57.Fn fgetwc
58function
59obtains the next input wide character (if present) from the stream pointed at by
60.Fa stream ,
61or the next character pushed back on the stream via
62.Xr ungetwc 3 .
63.Pp
64The
65.Fn getwc
66function
67acts essentially identically to
68.Fn fgetwc ,
69but is a macro that expands in-line.
70.Pp
71The
72.Fn getwchar
73function
74is equivalent to
75.Fn getwc
76with the argument stdin.
77.Sh RETURN VALUES
78If successful, these routines return the next wide character
79from the
80.Fa stream .
81If the stream is at end-of-file or a read error occurs,
82the routines return
83.Dv WEOF .
84The routines
85.Xr feof 3
86and
87.Xr ferror 3
88must be used to distinguish between end-of-file and error.
89If an error occurs, the global variable
90.Va errno
91is set to indicate the error.
92The end-of-file condition is remembered, even on a terminal, and all
93subsequent attempts to read will return
94.Dv WEOF
95until the condition is cleared with
96.Xr clearerr 3 .
97.Sh SEE ALSO
98.Xr ferror 3 ,
99.Xr fopen 3 ,
100.Xr fread 3 ,
101.Xr getc 3 ,
102.Xr putwc 3 ,
103.Xr stdio 3 ,
104.Xr ungetwc 3
105.Sh STANDARDS
106The
107.Fn fgetwc ,
108.Fn getwc
109and
110.Fn getwchar
111functions
112conform to
113.St -isoC-99 .
114