curs_scanw(3X) (MLX Addendum)      (MLX)      curs_scanw(3X) (MLX Addendum)

NAME
     cursscanw:  scanw, wscanw, mvscanw, mvwscanw, vwscanw - convert for-
     matted input from a curses window (MLX addendum)

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] ...);

     #include <stdarg.h>
     int vwscanw(WINDOW *win, char *fmt, valist 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
     valist, a pointer to a list of arguments, as defined in <stdarg.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
     scanf(3S), scanf(3W), curses(3X), cursgetstr(3X), cursprintw(3X).
















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