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