NAME

       addstr, addnstr, waddstr, waddnstr, mvaddstr, mvaddnstr, mvwaddstr, mvwaddnstr - add a string to a curses
       window and advance the cursor

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curses.h>

       int addstr(const char *str);
       int addnstr(const char *str, int n);
       int waddstr(WINDOW *win, const char *str);
       int waddnstr(WINDOW *win, const char *str, int n);

       int mvaddstr(int y, int x, const char *str);
       int mvaddnstr(int y, int x, const char *str, int n);
       int mvwaddstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, const char *str);
       int mvwaddnstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, const char *str, int n);

DESCRIPTION

       These functions write the (null-terminated) character string str on the given window.  It is  similar  to
       calling waddch once for each byte in the string.

       The  mv functions perform cursor movement once, before writing any characters.  Thereafter, the cursor is
       advanced as a side-effect of writing to the window.

       The four functions with n as the last argument write at most n bytes, or  until  a  terminating  null  is
       reached.  If n is -1, then the entire string will be added.

RETURN VALUE

       All functions return the integer ERR upon failure and OK on success.

       X/Open does not define any error conditions.  This implementation returns an error

       •   if the window pointer is null or

       •   if the string pointer is null or

       •   if the corresponding calls to waddch return an error.

       Functions  with  a  “mv”  prefix  first perform a cursor movement using wmove, and return an error if the
       position is outside the window, or if the window pointer is null.

NOTES

       All of these functions except waddnstr may be macros.

PORTABILITY

       These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.

SEE ALSO

       ncurses(3NCURSES), addch(3NCURSES), addchstr(3NCURSES), addwstr(3NCURSES), add_wchstr(3NCURSES)