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fgetws(3) Library Functions Manual fgetws(3)

NAME top

   fgetws - read a wide-character string from a FILE stream

LIBRARY top

   Standard C library (_libc_, _-lc_)

SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <wchar.h>**

   **wchar_t *fgetws(wchar_t** _ws_**[restrict .**_n_**], int** _n_**, FILE *restrict** _stream_**);**

DESCRIPTION top

   The **fgetws**() function is the wide-character equivalent of the
   [fgets(3)](../man3/fgets.3.html) function.  It reads a string of at most _n-1_ wide
   characters into the wide-character array pointed to by _ws_, and
   adds a terminating null wide character (L'\0').  It stops reading
   wide characters after it has encountered and stored a newline wide
   character.  It also stops when end of stream is reached.

   The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least _n_ wide
   characters at _ws_.

   For a nonlocking counterpart, see [unlocked_stdio(3)](../man3/unlocked%5Fstdio.3.html).

RETURN VALUE top

   The **fgetws**() function, if successful, returns _ws_.  If end of
   stream was already reached or if an error occurred, it returns
   NULL.

ATTRIBUTES top

   For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
   [attributes(7)](../man7/attributes.7.html).
   ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
   │ **Interface** │ **Attribute** │ **Value** │
   ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
   │ **fgetws**()                             │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
   └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS top

   C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY top

   POSIX.1-2001, C99.

NOTES top

   The behavior of **fgetws**() depends on the **LC_CTYPE** category of the
   current locale.

   In the absence of additional information passed to the [fopen(3)](../man3/fopen.3.html)
   call, it is reasonable to expect that **fgetws**() will actually read
   a multibyte string from the stream and then convert it to a wide-
   character string.

   This function is unreliable, because it does not permit to deal
   properly with null wide characters that may be present in the
   input.

SEE ALSO top

   [fgetwc(3)](../man3/fgetwc.3.html), [unlocked_stdio(3)](../man3/unlocked%5Fstdio.3.html)

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