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NAME

       getwchar - read a wide character from standard input

SYNOPSIS

       #include <wchar.h>

       wint_t getwchar(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The  getwchar()  function  is  the  wide-character  equivalent  of  the
       getchar(3) function.  It reads a wide character from stdin and  returns
       it.  If the end of stream is reached, or if ferror(stdin) becomes true,
       it returns WEOF.  If a wide-character conversion error occurs, it  sets
       errno to EILSEQ and returns WEOF.

       For a nonlocking counterpart, see unlocked_stdio(3).

RETURN VALUE

       The  getwchar()  function returns the next wide-character from standard
       input, or WEOF.

CONFORMING TO

       C99.

NOTES

       The behavior of getwchar() depends on  the  LC_CTYPE  category  of  the
       current locale.

       It  is  reasonable  to  expect  that  getwchar()  will  actually read a
       multibyte sequence from standard input and then convert it  to  a  wide
       character.

SEE ALSO

       fgetwc(3), unlocked_stdio(3)

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