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GETWCHAR
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3 )Updated: 1999-07-25
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NAME
getwchar - read a wide character from standard inputSYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h> wint_t getwchar (void);
DESCRIPTION
The getwchar function is the wide-character equivalent of the getchar 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.RETURN VALUE
The getwchar function returns the next wide-character from standard input, or WEOF.CONFORMING TO
ISO/ANSI C, UNIX98SEE ALSO
fgetwc(3)NOTES
The behaviour 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.
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