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# getwchar

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< c‎ | io

Defined in header `<wchar.h>` |  |
wint_t getwchar(); |  |

Reads the next wide character from stdin.

### [edit] Parameters

(none)

### [edit] Return value

the obtained wide character or WEOF if an error has occurred or the end of file reached

### [edit] See also

getchar | reads a character from stdin (function) [edit]
fgetwc getwc | gets a wide character from a file stream (function) [edit]
C++ documentation for getwchar

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