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       this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux  manual  page  for  details  of
       Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.


NAME
       getwchar — get a wide character from a stdin stream


SYNOPSIS
       #include <wchar.h>

       wint_t getwchar(void);


DESCRIPTION
       The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any
       conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is  unintentional.
       This volume of POSIX.1‐2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

       The getwchar() function shall be equivalent to getwc(stdin).


RETURN VALUE
       Refer to fgetwc().


ERRORS
       Refer to fgetwc().

       The following sections are informative.


EXAMPLES
       None.


APPLICATION USAGE
       If  the  wint_t value returned by getwchar() is stored into a variable of type wchar_t and
       then compared against the wint_t macro WEOF, the result may be incorrect. Only the  wint_t
       type is guaranteed to be able to represent any wide character and WEOF.


RATIONALE
       None.


FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.


SEE ALSO
       Section 2.5, Standard I/O Streams, fgetwc(), getwc()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <wchar.h>


COPYRIGHT
       Portions  of  this  text  are  reprinted  and  reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std
       1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable  Operating  System  Interface
       (POSIX),  The  Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by
       the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The  Open  Group.   In  the
       event  of  any  discrepancy  between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group  Standard  is  the  referee  document.  The
       original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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