curs_scanw(3X)                   UNIX System V                   curs_scanw(3X)


NAME
      cursscanw:  scanw, wscanw, mvscanw, mvwscanw, vwscanw - convert
      formatted input from a curses widow

SYNOPSIS
      #include <curses.h>

      int scanw(char *fmt [, arg] ...);
      int wscanw(WINDOW *win, char *fmt [, arg] ...);
      int mvscanw(int y, int x, char *fmt [, arg] ...);
      int mvwscanw(WINDOW *win, int y, int x,
            char *fmt [, arg] ...);
      int vwscanw(WINDOW *win, char *fmt, va_list varglist);

DESCRIPTION
      The scanw, wscanw and mvscanw routines correspond to scanf [see
      scanf(3S)].  The effect of these routines is as though wgetstr were
      called on the window, and the resulting line used as input for the scan.
      Fields which do not map to a variable in the fmt field are lost.

      The vwscanw routine is similar to vwprintw in that it performs a wscanw
      using a variable argument list.  The third argument is a va_list, a
      pointer to a list of arguments, as defined in <varargs.h>.

RETURN VALUE
      vwscanw returns ERR on failure and an integer equal to the number of
      fields scanned on success.

      Applications may interrogate the return value from the scanw, wscanw,
      mvscanw and  mvwscanw routines to determine the number of fields which
      were mapped in the call.

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

SEE ALSO
      curses(3X), cursgetstr, cursprintw, scanf(3S)
















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