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# vwscanf, vfwscanf, vswscanf

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< c‎ | io

Defined in header `<wchar.h>` |  |
int vwscanf( const wchar_t* format, va_list vlist ); | (1) | (since C99)
int vfwscanf( FILE *stream, const wchar_t* format, va_list vlist ); | (2) | (since C99)
int vswscanf( const wchar_t* buffer, const wchar_t* format, va_list vlist ); | (3) | (since C99)

Reads data from the a variety of sources, interprets it according to `format` and stores the results into locations defined by `vlist`.

1) Reads the data from stdin.
2) Reads the data from file stream `stream`.
3) Reads the data from null-terminated wide string `buffer`.

### [edit] Parameters

stream | - | input file stream to read from
buffer | - | pointer to a null-terminated wide string to read from
format | - | pointer to a null-terminated wide string specifying how to read the input.
| This section is incomplete
vlist | - | variable argument list containing the receiving arguments

### [edit] Return value

Number of arguments successfully read, or EOF if failure occurs.

### [edit] Example

| This section is incomplete Reason: no example

### [edit] See also

wscanf fwscanf swscanf | reads formatted wide character input from stdin, a file stream or a buffer (function) [edit]
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