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getwchar

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Defined in header <wchar.h>
wint_t getwchar(void);
(since C95)

Reads the next wide character from stdin.

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[edit] Parameters

(none)

[edit] Return value

the obtained wide character or WEOF if an error has occurred or the end of file reached

[edit] References

  • C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
  • 7.29.3.7 The getwchar function (p: 424)
  • C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
  • 7.24.3.7 The getwchar function (p: 369-370)

[edit] See also

reads a character from stdin
(function) [edit]
gets a wide character from a file stream
(function) [edit]
C++ documentation for getwchar