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UNGETWC(3C) Standard C Library Functions UNGETWC(3C)

NAME

ungetwc - push wide-character code back into input stream

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>
#include <wchar.h>

wint_t ungetwc(wint_t wc, FILE *stream);

DESCRIPTION

The ungetwc() function pushes the character corresponding to the wide
character code specified by wc back onto the input stream pointed to
by stream. The pushed-back characters will be returned by subsequent
reads on that stream in the reverse order of their pushing. A
successful intervening call (with the stream pointed to by stream) to
a file-positioning function ( fseek(3C), fsetpos(3C) or rewind(3C))
discards any pushed-back characters for the stream. The external
storage corresponding to the stream is unchanged.

One character of push-back is guaranteed. If ungetwc() is called too
many times on the same stream without an intervening read or file-
positioning operation on that stream, the operation may fail.

If the value of wc equals that of the macro WEOF, the operation fails
and the input stream is unchanged.

A successful call to ungetwc() clears the end-of-file indicator for
the stream. The value of the file-position indicator for the stream
after reading or discarding all pushed-back characters will be the
same as it was before the characters were pushed back. The file-
position indicator is decremented (by one or more) by each successful
call to ungetwc(); if its value was 0 before a call, its value is
indeterminate after the call.

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, ungetwc() returns the wide-character code
corresponding to the pushed-back character. Otherwise it returns
WEOF.

ERRORS

The ungetwc() function may fail if:

EILSEQ
An invalid character sequence is detected, or a wide-
character code does not correspond to a valid character.