|FGETWC(3)||Linux Programmer's Manual||FGETWC(3)|
NAMEfgetwc, getwc - read a wide character from a FILE stream
wint_t fgetwc(FILE * stream );
wint_t getwc(FILE * stream );
DESCRIPTIONThe fgetwc() function is the wide-character equivalent of the fgetc(3) function. It reads a wide character from stream and returns it. If the end of stream is reached, or if ferror(stream) becomes true, it returns WEOF. If a wide-character conversion error occurs, it sets errno to EILSEQ and returns WEOF.
The getwc() function or macro functions identically to fgetwc(). It may be implemented as a macro, and may evaluate its argument more than once. There is no reason ever to use it.
For nonlocking counterparts, see unlocked_stdio(3).
RETURN VALUEThe fgetwc() function returns the next wide-character from the stream, or WEOF. In the event of an error, errno is set to indicate the cause.
ERRORSApart from the usual ones, there is
- The data obtained from the input stream does not form a valid character.
CONFORMING TOC99, POSIX.1-2001.
NOTESThe behavior of fgetwc() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.
In the absence of additional information passed to the fopen(3) call, it is reasonable to expect that fgetwc() will actually read a multibyte sequence from the stream and then convert it to a wide character.
SEE ALSOfgetws(3), fputwc(3), ungetwc(3), unlocked_stdio(3)
COLOPHONThis page is part of release 3.53 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.