PUTWCHAR(3)                Linux Programmer's Manual               PUTWCHAR(3)



NAME
       putwchar - write a wide character to standard output

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 con-
       version error occurs, it sets errno to EILSEQ and returns WEOF.  Other-
       wise, 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 |
       +-----------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.

NOTES
       The behavior of putwchar() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the cur-
       rent 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)

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