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NAME
putwchar - write a wide character to standard output
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <wchar.h> wint_t putwchar(wchar_t wc);
DESCRIPTION
The putwchar() function is the wide-character equivalent of the putchar(3) function. It writes the wide character wc to stdout. If ferror(stdout) becomes true, it returns WEOF. If a wide character conversion error occurs, it sets errno to EILSEQ and returns WEOF. Otherwise, it returns wc. For a nonlocking counterpart, see unlocked_stdio(3).
RETURN VALUE
The putwchar() function returns wc if no error occurred, or WEOF to indicate an error.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │putwchar() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
STANDARDS
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001, C99.
NOTES
The behavior of putwchar() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale. It is reasonable to expect that putwchar() will actually write the multibyte sequence corresponding to the wide character wc.
SEE ALSO
fputwc(3), unlocked_stdio(3)