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34.Dd March 3, 2004
35.Dt UNGETWC 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm ungetwc
39.Nd un-get wide character from input stream
40.Sh LIBRARY
41.Lb libc
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In stdio.h
44.In wchar.h
45.Ft wint_t
46.Fn ungetwc "wint_t wc" "FILE *stream"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn ungetwc
50function pushes the wide character
51.Fa wc
52(converted to an
53.Vt wchar_t )
54back onto the input stream pointed to by
55.Fa stream .
56The pushed-backed wide characters will be returned by subsequent reads on the
57stream (in reverse order).
58A successful intervening call, using the same stream, to one of the file
59positioning functions
60.Xr fseek 3 ,
61.Xr fsetpos 3 ,
62or
63.Xr rewind 3
64will discard the pushed back wide characters.
65.Pp
66One wide character of push-back is guaranteed,
67but as long as there is
68sufficient memory, an effectively infinite amount of pushback is allowed.
69.Pp
70If a character is successfully pushed-back,
71the end-of-file indicator for the stream is cleared.
72.Sh RETURN VALUES
73The
74.Fn ungetwc
75function
76returns
77the wide character pushed-back after the conversion, or
78.Dv WEOF
79if the operation fails.
80If the value of the argument
81.Fa c
82character equals
83.Dv WEOF ,
84the operation will fail and the stream will remain unchanged.
85.Sh SEE ALSO
86.Xr fseek 3 ,
87.Xr getwc 3
88.Sh STANDARDS
89The
90.Fn ungetwc
91function conforms to
92.St -isoC-99 .
93