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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>


       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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