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37.Dd March 3, 2004
38.Dt UNGETWC 3
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm ungetwc
42.Nd un-get wide character from input stream
43.Sh LIBRARY
44.Lb libc
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.In stdio.h
47.In wchar.h
48.Ft wint_t
49.Fn ungetwc "wint_t wc" "FILE *stream"
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Fn ungetwc
53function pushes the wide character
54.Fa wc
55(converted to an
56.Vt wchar_t )
57back onto the input stream pointed to by
58.Fa stream .
59The pushed-backed wide characters will be returned by subsequent reads on the
60stream (in reverse order).
61A successful intervening call, using the same stream, to one of the file
62positioning functions
63.Xr fseek 3 ,
64.Xr fsetpos 3 ,
65or
66.Xr rewind 3
67will discard the pushed back wide characters.
68.Pp
69One wide character of push-back is guaranteed,
70but as long as there is
71sufficient memory, an effectively infinite amount of pushback is allowed.
72.Pp
73If a character is successfully pushed-back,
74the end-of-file indicator for the stream is cleared.
75.Sh RETURN VALUES
76The
77.Fn ungetwc
78function
79returns
80the wide character pushed-back after the conversion, or
81.Dv WEOF
82if the operation fails.
83If the value of the argument
84.Fa c
85character equals
86.Dv WEOF ,
87the operation will fail and the stream will remain unchanged.
88.Sh SEE ALSO
89.Xr fseek 3 ,
90.Xr getwc 3
91.Sh STANDARDS
92The
93.Fn ungetwc
94function conforms to
95.St -isoC-99 .
96