NAME
curses_scanw,
scanw, wscanw,
mvscanw, mvwscanw —
curses read formatted data from screen
routines
LIBRARY
library “libcurses”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<curses.h>
int
scanw(const
char *fmt,
...);
int
wscanw(WINDOW
*win, const char
*fmt, ...);
int
mvscanw(int
y, int x,
const char *fmt,
...);
int
mvwscanw(WINDOW
*win, int y,
int x,
const char *fmt,
...);
DESCRIPTION
These functions read formatted data fromstdscr or from
the specified window.
The
scanw()
function is the same as the
scanf()
function, excepting that the input data stream is read from the current
cursor position on stdscr,
The
wscanw()
function is the same as the scanw() function,
excepting that the data stream is read from the window specified by
win.
The
mvscanw()
and
mvwscanw()
functions are the same as the scanw() and
mvscanw() functions, respectively, excepting that
wmove()
is called to move the cursor to the position specified by
y, x before the data is read
from the window.
RETURN VALUES
Functions returning pointers will return
NULL if an error is detected. The functions that
return an int will return one of the following values:
OK- The function completed successfully.
ERR- An error occurred in the function.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The NetBSD Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the Single Unix Specification.
HISTORY
The Curses package appeared in 4.0BSD.