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.TH innstr 3XCURSES "5 Jun 2002" "SunOS 5.11" "X/Open Curses Library Functions"
.SH NAME
innstr, instr, mvinnstr, mvinstr, mvwinnstr, mvwinstr, winnstr, winstr \-
retrieve a multibyte character string (without rendition)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-I\fR /usr/xpg4/include \fB -L \fR /usr/xpg4/lib \e
\fB -R \fR /usr/xpg4/lib \fB -lcurses \fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]

\fBc89\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lcurses\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]

:#include <curses.h>

\fBint\fR \fBinnstr\fR(\fBchar *\fR\fIstr\fR, \fBint\fR \fIn\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBinstr\fR(\fBchar *\fR\fIstr\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBmvinnstr\fR(\fBint\fR \fIy\fR, \fBint\fR \fIx\fR, \fBchar *\fR\fIstr\fR, \fBint\fR \fIn\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBmvinstr\fR(\fBint\fR \fIy\fR, \fBint\fR \fIx\fR, \fBchar *\fR\fIstr\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBmvwinnstr\fR(\fBWINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR, \fBint\fR \fIy\fR, \fBint\fR \fIx\fR, \fBchar *\fR\fIstr\fR, \fBint\fR \fIn\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBmvwinstr\fR(\fBWINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR, \fBint\fR \fIy\fR, \fBint\fR \fIx\fR, \fBchar *\fR\fIstr\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBwinstr\fR(\fBWINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR, \fBchar *\fR\fIstr\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBwinnstr\fR(\fBWINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR, \fBchar *\fR\fIstr\fR, \fBint\fR \fIn\fR);
.fi

.SH PARAMETERS
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIstr\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
.rt  
Is a pointer to an object that can hold the retrieved multibyte character
string.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIn\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
.rt  
Is the number of characters not to exceed when retrieving \fIstr\fR.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIy\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
.rt  
Is the y (row) coordinate of the starting position of the string to be
retrieved.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIx\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
.rt  
Is the x (column) coordinate of the starting position of the string to  be
retrieved.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIwin\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
.rt  
Is a pointer to the window in which the string is to be retrieved.
.RE

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBinstr()\fR and \fBwinstr()\fR functions retrieve a multibyte character
string (without attributes) starting at the current cursor position  of the
\fBstdscr\fR window and window \fIwin\fR, respectively, and ending at the right
margin. The \fBmvinstr()\fR and \fBmvwinstr()\fR functions retrieve a multibyte
character string located at the position indicated by the \fIx\fR (column) and
\fIy\fR (row) parameters (the former in the \fBstdscr\fR window; the latter  in
window \fIwin\fR).
.sp
.LP
The \fBinnstr()\fR, \fBwinnstr()\fR, \fBmvinnstr()\fR, and  \fBmvwinnstr()\fR
functions retrieve at most \fIn\fR characters from the  window \fBstdscr\fR and
\fIwin\fR, respectively.  The former two functions retrieve the string starting
at the current cursor position; the latter two commands return the string,
starting at the position  specified by the \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR parameters.
.sp
.LP
All these functions store the retrieved string in the object pointed to by
\fIstr\fR. They only store complete multibyte characters.   If the area pointed
to by \fIstr\fR is not large enough to hold at least one  character, these
functions fail.
.sp
.LP
Only the character portion of the character/rendition pair is returned.  To
return the complete character/rendition pair, use \fBwinchstr()\fR.
.SH ERRORS
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBOK\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
.rt  
Successful completion.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBERR\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
.rt  
An error occurred.
.RE

.SH USAGE
.sp
.LP
All functions except \fBwinnstr()\fR may be macros.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface StabilityStandard
_
MT-LevelUnsafe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBinch\fR(3XCURSES), \fBinchstr\fR(3XCURSES), \fBlibcurses\fR(3XCURSES),
\fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)