curs_instr(3X)                   UNIX System V                   curs_instr(3X)


NAME
      cursinstr:  instr, innstr, winstr, winnstr, mvinstr, mvinnstr, mvwinstr,
      mvwinnstr - get a string of characters from a curses window

SYNOPSIS
      #include <curses.h>

      int instr(char *str);
      int innstr(char *str, int n);
      int winstr(WINDOW *win, char *str);
      int winnstr(WINDOW *win, char *str, int n);
      int mvinstr(int y, int x, char *str);
      int mvinnstr(int y, int x, char *str, int n);
      int mvwinstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, char *str);
      int mvwinnstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, char *str, int n);

DESCRIPTION
      These routines return a string of characters in str, starting at the
      current cursor position in the named window and ending at the right
      margin of the window.  Attributes are stripped from the characters.  The
      four functions with n as the last argument return the string at most n
      characters long.

RETURN VALUE
      All routines return the integer ERR upon failure and an integer value
      other than ERR upon successful completion.

NOTES
      The header file <curses.h> automatically includes the header files
      <stdio.h> and <unctrl.h>.

      Note that all routines except winnstr may be macros.

SEE ALSO
      curses(3X).



















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