Curses Library Functions                      cursscanw(3CURSES)



NAME
     cursscanw, scanw, wscanw, mvscanw, mvwscanw, vwscanw - con-
     vert formatted input from a curses widow

SYNOPSIS
     cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lcurses [ library ... ]
     #include 

     int scanw(char *fmt, /* arg */ ...);


     int wscanw(WINDOW *win, char *fmt, /* arg */ ...);


     int mvscanw(int y, int x, char *fmt, /* arg */ ...);


     int mvwscanw(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, char *fmt, /* arg */...);


     int vwscanw(WINDOW *win, char *fmt, valist varglist);


DESCRIPTION
     The scanw(), wscanw(), and mvscanw() routines correspond  to
     scanf()  (see scanf(3C)). The effect of these routines is as
     though wgetstr() were called on the window, and the  result-
     ing line used as input for the scan. Fields which do not map
     to a variable in the fmt field are lost.


     The vwscanw() routine is similar to vwprintw()  in  that  it
     performs  a  wscanw()  using  a  variable argument list. The
     third argument is a valist, a pointer to a  list  of  argu-
     ments, as defined in .

RETURN VALUES
     vwscanw() returns ER on failure and an integer equal to the
     number of fields scanned on success.


     Applications may  interrogate  the  return  value  from  the
     scanw,  wscanw(),  mvscanw(),  and  mvwscanw()  routines  to
     determine the number of fields  which  were  mapped  in  the
     call.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:






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Curses Library Functions                      cursscanw(3CURSES)



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     MT-Level                     Unsafe                      
    


SEE ALSO
     cursgetstr(3CURSES), cursprintw(3CURSES), curses(3CURSES),
     scanf(3C), attributes(5)

NOTES
     The header   automatically  includes  the  headers
      and .









































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