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The effect of these routines is as - though <STRONG>wgetstr</STRONG> were called on the window, and the result- - ing line used as input for <STRONG>sscanf(3)</STRONG>. Fields which do not - map to a variable in the <EM>fmt</EM> field are lost. - The <STRONG>vwscanw</STRONG> and <STRONG>vw_scanw</STRONG> routines are analogous to <STRONG>vscanf</STRONG>. - They perform a <STRONG>wscanw</STRONG> using a variable argument list. The - third argument is a <EM>va</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>list</EM>, a pointer to a list of argu- - ments, as defined in <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG>. +</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE> + The <STRONG>scanw</STRONG>, <STRONG>wscanw</STRONG> and <STRONG>mvscanw</STRONG> routines are analogous to <STRONG>scanf</STRONG> [see + <STRONG>scanf(3)</STRONG>]. The effect of these routines is as though <STRONG>wgetstr</STRONG> were + called on the window, and the resulting line used as input for + <STRONG>sscanf(3)</STRONG>. Fields which do not map to a variable in the <EM>fmt</EM> field are + lost. + The <STRONG>vwscanw</STRONG> and <STRONG>vw_scanw</STRONG> routines are analogous to <STRONG>vscanf(3)</STRONG>. They + perform a <STRONG>wscanw</STRONG> using a variable argument list. The third argument is + a <EM>va</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>list</EM>, a pointer to a list of arguments, as defined in <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG>. -</PRE> -<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE> - <STRONG>vwscanw</STRONG> returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure and an integer equal to the - number of fields scanned on success. - Applications may use the return value from the <STRONG>scanw</STRONG>, - <STRONG>wscanw</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvscanw</STRONG> and <STRONG>mvwscanw</STRONG> routines to determine the - number of fields which were mapped in the call. +</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE> + <STRONG>vwscanw</STRONG> returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure and an integer equal to the number of + fields scanned on success. - Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor move- - ment using <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, and return an error if the position is - outside the window, or if the window pointer is null. + Applications may use the return value from the <STRONG>scanw</STRONG>, <STRONG>wscanw</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvscanw</STRONG> + and <STRONG>mvwscanw</STRONG> routines to determine the number of fields which were + mapped in the call. + Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using + <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if + the window pointer is null. -</PRE> -<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE> - The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these func- - tions. The function <STRONG>vwscanw</STRONG> is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, - and is to be replaced by a function <STRONG>vw_scanw</STRONG> using the - <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG> interface. The Single Unix Specification, Ver- - sion 2 states that <STRONG>vw_scanw</STRONG> is preferred to <STRONG>vwscanw</STRONG> since - the latter requires including <STRONG><varargs.h></STRONG>, which cannot be - used in the same file as <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG>. This implementation - uses <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG> for both, because that header is included - in <STRONG><curses.h</STRONG>>. - - Both XSI and The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 - state that these functions return ERR or OK. Since the - underlying <STRONG>scanf</STRONG> can return the number of items scanned, - and the SVr4 code was documented to use this feature, this - is probably an editing error which was introduced in XSI, - rather than being done intentionally. Portable applica- - tions should only test if the return value is ERR, since - the OK value (zero) is likely to be misleading. One pos- - sible way to get useful results would be to use a "%n" - conversion at the end of the format string to ensure that - something was processed. +</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE> + In this implementation, <STRONG>vw_scanw</STRONG> and <STRONG>vwscanw</STRONG> are equivalent, to support + legacy applications. However, the latter (<STRONG>vwscanw</STRONG>) is obsolete: -</PRE> -<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE> - <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">curs_getstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>scanf(3)</STRONG> + <STRONG>o</STRONG> The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 described these functions, noting + that the function <STRONG>vwscanw</STRONG> is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be + replaced by a function <STRONG>vw_scanw</STRONG> using the <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG> interface. + + <STRONG>o</STRONG> The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 states that <STRONG>vw_scanw</STRONG> is + preferred to <STRONG>vwscanw</STRONG> since the latter requires including + <STRONG><varargs.h></STRONG>, which cannot be used in the same file as <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG>. + This implementation uses <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG> for both, because that header + is included in <STRONG><curses.h</STRONG>>. + + <STRONG>o</STRONG> X/Open Curses, Issue 5 (December 2007) marked <STRONG>vwscanw</STRONG> (along with + <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> and the termcap interface) as withdrawn. + + Both XSI and The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 state that these + functions return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> or <STRONG>OK</STRONG>. + + <STRONG>o</STRONG> Since the underlying <STRONG>scanf(3)</STRONG> can return the number of items + scanned, and the SVr4 code was documented to use this feature, this + is probably an editing error which was introduced in XSI, rather + than being done intentionally. + + <STRONG>o</STRONG> This implementation returns the number of items scanned, for com- + patibility with SVr4 curses. As of 2018, NetBSD curses also + returns the number of items scanned. Both ncurses and NetBSD + curses call <STRONG>vsscanf</STRONG> to scan the string, which returns <STRONG>EOF</STRONG> on error. + + <STRONG>o</STRONG> Portable applications should only test if the return value is <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>, + since the <STRONG>OK</STRONG> value (zero) is likely to be misleading. + + One possible way to get useful results would be to use a "%n" con- + version at the end of the format string to ensure that something + was processed. + + +</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE> + <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">curs_getstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termcap.3x.html">curs_termcap(3x)</A></STRONG>, + <STRONG>scanf(3)</STRONG>. - <STRONG><A HREF="curs_scanw.3x.html">curs_scanw(3x)</A></STRONG> + <STRONG><A HREF="curs_scanw.3x.html">curs_scanw(3x)</A></STRONG> </PRE> -<HR> -Man(1) output converted with <a href="http://invisible-island.net/scripts/readme.html#others_scripts">man2html</a> +<div class="nav"> +<ul> +<li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li> +<li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li> +<li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></li> +<li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li> +<li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li> +<li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li> +</ul> +</div> </BODY> </HTML> |