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SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <wchar.h>

       int  fwscanf(FILE *restrict stream, const wchar_t *restrict format, ...
       );
       int swscanf(const wchar_t *restrict ws,
              const wchar_t *restrict format, ... );
       int wscanf(const wchar_t *restrict format, ... );


DESCRIPTION
       The fwscanf() function shall read from the  named  input  stream.   The
       wscanf()  function shall read from the standard input stream stdin. The
       swscanf() function shall read from the wide-character string  ws.  Each
       function  reads wide characters, interprets them according to a format,
       and stores the results in its arguments. Each expects, as arguments,  a
       control  wide-character  string  format  described  below, and a set of
       pointer arguments  indicating  where  the  converted  input  should  be
       stored. The result is undefined if there are insufficient arguments for
       the format. If the format is  exhausted  while  arguments  remain,  the
       excess arguments are evaluated but are otherwise ignored.

       Conversions  can be applied to the nth argument after the format in the
       argument list, rather than to the next unused argument. In  this  case,
       the  conversion  specifier  wide character % (see below) is replaced by
       the sequence "%n$" ,  where  n  is  a  decimal  integer  in  the  range
       [1,{NL_ARGMAX}].  This  feature  provides  for the definition of format
       wide-character strings that select arguments in an order appropriate to
       specific  languages.  In  format  wide-character strings containing the
       "%n$" form of conversion specifications, it is unspecified whether num-
       bered  arguments in the argument list can be referenced from the format
       wide-character string more than once.

       The format can contain either form of a  conversion  specification-that
       is,  %  or  "%n$"-  but the two forms cannot normally be mixed within a
       single format wide-character string. The only exception to this is that
       %% or %* can be mixed with the "%n$" form. When numbered argument spec-
       ifications are used, specifying the Nth argument requires that all  the
       leading arguments, from the first to the ( N-1)th, are pointers.

       The  fwscanf() function in all its forms allows for detection of a lan-
       guage-dependent radix character in the input string, encoded as a wide-
       character value. The radix character is defined in the program's locale
       (category LC_NUMERIC ). In the POSIX locale, or in a locale  where  the
       radix  character is not defined, the radix character shall default to a
       period ( '.'  ).

       The format is a wide-character string composed of zero or  more  direc-
       tives.  Each directive is composed of one of the following: one or more
       white-space wide characters ( <space>s, <tab>s, <newline>s,  <vertical-
       tab>s,  or <form-feed>s); an ordinary wide character (neither '%' nor a
       white-space character); or a conversion specification.  Each conversion
          conversion  to  be  applied.  The  valid  conversion  specifiers are
          described below.

       The fwscanf() functions shall execute each directive of the  format  in
       turn.  If  a  directive  fails,  as  detailed below, the function shall
       return. Failures are described as input failures (due to  the  unavail-
       ability  of  input  bytes)  or  matching failures (due to inappropriate
       input).

       A directive composed of one or more white-space wide characters is exe-
       cuted  by reading input until no more valid input can be read, or up to
       the first wide character which is not  a  white-space  wide  character,
       which remains unread.

       A  directive  that  is  an ordinary wide character shall be executed as
       follows. The next wide character is read from the  input  and  compared
       with the wide character that comprises the directive; if the comparison
       shows that they are not equivalent, the directive shall fail,  and  the
       differing  and  subsequent wide characters remain unread. Similarly, if
       end-of-file, an encoding error, or a read error prevents a wide charac-
       ter from being read, the directive shall fail.

       A  directive that is a conversion specification defines a set of match-
       ing input sequences, as described below for each conversion wide  char-
       acter. A conversion specification is executed in the following steps.

       Input  white-space  wide characters (as specified by iswspace() ) shall
       be skipped, unless the conversion specification includes a [ , c , or n
       conversion specifier.

       An  item shall be read from the input, unless the conversion specifica-
       tion includes an n conversion specifier wide character. An  input  item
       is  defined  as  the  longest  sequence  of  input wide characters, not
       exceeding any specified field width, which is an initial subsequence of
       a  matching sequence. The first wide character, if any, after the input
       item shall remain unread.  If the length of the input item is zero, the
       execution of the conversion specification shall fail; this condition is
       a matching failure, unless end-of-file, an encoding error,  or  a  read
       error  prevented  input  from  the stream, in which case it is an input
       failure.

       Except in the case of a % conversion specifier, the input item (or,  in
       the  case  of  a  %n  conversion specification, the count of input wide
       characters) shall be converted to a type appropriate to the  conversion
       wide  character. If the input item is not a matching sequence, the exe-
       cution of the conversion specification shall fail; this condition is  a
       matching  failure. Unless assignment suppression was indicated by a '*'
       , the result of the conversion shall be placed in the object pointed to
       by  the  first  argument  following  the  format  argument that has not
       already received a conversion result if the conversion specification is
       introduced  by % ,    or in the nth argument if introduced by the wide-
       character sequence "%n$".  If this object does not have an  appropriate
       type,  or  if the result of the conversion cannot be represented in the
       space provided, the behavior is undefined.
              Specifies that a following d , i , o , u , x , X , or n  conver-
              sion  specifier applies to an argument with type pointer to long
              or unsigned long; that a following a , A , e , E , f , F ,  g  ,
              or  G  conversion  specifier  applies  to  an argument with type
              pointer to double; or that a following c , s , or  [  conversion
              specifier applies to an argument with type pointer to wchar_t.

       ll (ell-ell)

              Specifies  that a following d , i , o , u , x , X , or n conver-
              sion specifier applies to an argument with type pointer to  long
              long or unsigned long long.

       j      Specifies  that a following d , i , o , u , x , X , or n conver-
              sion specifier applies to an argument with type pointer to  int-
              max_t or uintmax_t.

       z      Specifies  that a following d , i , o , u , x , X , or n conver-
              sion specifier applies to  an  argument  with  type  pointer  to
              size_t or the corresponding signed integer type.

       t      Specifies  that a following d , i , o , u , x , X , or n conver-
              sion specifier applies to  an  argument  with  type  pointer  to
              ptrdiff_t or the corresponding unsigned type.

       L      Specifies that a following a , A , e , E , f , F , g , or G con-
              version specifier applies to an argument with  type  pointer  to
              long double.


       If  a  length modifier appears with any conversion specifier other than
       as specified above, the behavior is undefined.

       The following conversion specifier wide characters are valid:

       d      Matches an optionally signed decimal integer,  whose  format  is
              the  same  as expected for the subject sequence of wcstol() with
              the value 10 for the base argument. In the  absence  of  a  size
              modifier,  the  application  shall ensure that the corresponding
              argument is a pointer to int.

       i      Matches an optionally signed integer, whose format is  the  same
              as  expected for the subject sequence of wcstol() with 0 for the
              base argument. In the absence of a size modifier,  the  applica-
              tion  shall  ensure that the corresponding argument is a pointer
              to int.

       o      Matches an optionally signed octal integer, whose format is  the
              same  as expected for the subject sequence of wcstoul() with the
              value 8 for the base argument. In the absence of  a  size  modi-
              fier,  the application shall ensure that the corresponding argu-
              ment is a pointer to unsigned.

       u      Matches an optionally signed decimal integer,  whose  format  is

              Matches an optionally signed floating-point number, infinity, or
              NaN  whose  format  is  the  same  as  expected  for the subject
              sequence of wcstod(). In the absence of  a  size  modifier,  the
              application  shall  ensure  that the corresponding argument is a
              pointer to float.

       If the fwprintf() family of functions generates character string repre-
       sentations for infinity and NaN (a symbolic entity encoded in floating-
       point format) to support IEEE Std 754-1985,  the  fwscanf()  family  of
       functions shall recognize them as input.

       s      Matches  a  sequence of non white-space wide characters. If no l
              (ell) qualifier is present,  characters  from  the  input  field
              shall  be  converted  as  if  by repeated calls to the wcrtomb()
              function, with the conversion state described  by  an  mbstate_t
              object  initialized  to  zero before the first wide character is
              converted. The application shall ensure that  the  corresponding
              argument  is  a  pointer  to  a  character array large enough to
              accept the sequence and the terminating  null  character,  which
              shall be added automatically.

       Otherwise, the application shall ensure that the corresponding argument
       is a pointer to an array of wchar_t large enough to accept the sequence
       and the terminating null wide character, which shall be added automati-
       cally.

       [      Matches a non-empty sequence of wide characters from  a  set  of
              expected  wide characters (the scanset). If no l (ell) qualifier
              is present, wide characters from the input field shall  be  con-
              verted  as  if by repeated calls to the wcrtomb() function, with
              the conversion state described by an mbstate_t  object  initial-
              ized  to zero before the first wide character is converted.  The
              application shall ensure that the corresponding  argument  is  a
              pointer to a character array large enough to accept the sequence
              and the terminating null character, which shall be  added  auto-
              matically.

       If  an  l (ell) qualifier is present, the application shall ensure that
       the corresponding argument is a pointer to an array  of  wchar_t  large
       enough  to accept the sequence and the terminating null wide character,
       which shall be added automatically.

       The conversion specification includes all subsequent wide characters in
       the format string up to and including the matching right square bracket
       ( ']' ). The wide characters between the square brackets (the scanlist)
       comprise  the  scanset, unless the wide character after the left square
       bracket is a circumflex ( '^' ), in which case the scanset contains all
       wide  characters that do not appear in the scanlist between the circum-
       flex and the right square  bracket.  If  the  conversion  specification
       begins with "[]" or "[^]" , the right square bracket is included in the
       scanlist and the next right square bracket is the matching right square
       bracket  that  ends  the conversion specification; otherwise, the first
       right square bracket is the one that ends the conversion specification.
       corresponding  argument  shall be a pointer to the initial element of a
       character array large enough to accept the sequence.  No null character
       is added.

       If  an  l  (ell) length modifier is present, the corresponding argument
       shall be a pointer to the initial element of an array of wchar_t  large
       enough to accept the sequence. No null wide character is added.

       Otherwise, the application shall ensure that the corresponding argument
       is a pointer to  an  array  of  wchar_t  large  enough  to  accept  the
       sequence. No null wide character is added.

       p      Matches  an implementation-defined set of sequences, which shall
              be the same as the set of sequences that is produced by  the  %p
              conversion  specification  of the corresponding fwprintf() func-
              tions. The application shall ensure that the corresponding argu-
              ment  is  a  pointer to a pointer to void. The interpretation of
              the input item is implementation-defined. If the input item is a
              value  converted  earlier during the same program execution, the
              pointer that results shall compare equal to that  value;  other-
              wise, the behavior of the %p conversion is undefined.

       n      No input is consumed. The application shall ensure that the cor-
              responding argument is a pointer to the integer into which is to
              be  written the number of wide characters read from the input so
              far by this call to the fwscanf() functions. Execution of  a  %n
              conversion  specification  shall  not  increment  the assignment
              count returned at the completion of execution of  the  function.
              No  argument  shall be converted, but one shall be consumed.  If
              the conversion specification includes an  assignment-suppressing
              wide character or a field width, the behavior is undefined.

       C      Equivalent to lc .

       S      Equivalent to ls .

       %      Matches a single '%' wide character; no conversion or assignment
              shall occur. The complete conversion specification shall be %% .


       If a conversion specification is invalid, the behavior is undefined.

       The conversion specifiers A , E , F , G , and  X  are  also  valid  and
       shall be equivalent to, respectively, a , e , f , g , and x .

       If  end-of-file  is encountered during input, conversion is terminated.
       If end-of-file occurs before any wide characters matching  the  current
       conversion  specification  (except  for %n ) have been read (other than
       leading white-space, where permitted), execution of the current conver-
       sion  specification  shall  terminate with an input failure. Otherwise,
       unless execution of the current conversion specification is  terminated
       with a matching failure, execution of the following conversion specifi-
       cation (if any) shall be terminated with an input failure.

       fgetwc(),  fgets(),  fgetws(),  fread(),  getc(),  getwc(),  getchar(),
       getwchar(),  gets(),  fscanf(),  or fwscanf() using stream that returns
       data not supplied by a prior call to ungetc().

RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, these functions shall return the number  of
       successfully  matched and assigned input items; this number can be zero
       in the event of an early matching failure. If the input ends before the
       first  matching failure or conversion, EOF shall be returned. If a read
       error occurs, the error indicator for the stream is set, EOF  shall  be
       returned,    and errno shall be set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       For  the  conditions under which the fwscanf() functions shall fail and
       may fail, refer to fgetwc() .

       In addition, fwscanf() may fail if:

       EILSEQ Input byte sequence does not form a valid character.

       EINVAL There are insufficient arguments.


       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       The call:


              int i, n; float x; char name[50];
              n = wscanf(L"%d%f%s", &i, &x, name);

       with the input line:


              25 54.32E-1 Hamster

       assigns to n the value 3, to i the value 25, to x the value 5.432,  and
       name contains the string "Hamster" .

       The call:


              int i; float x; char name[50];
              (void) wscanf(L"%2d%f%*d %[0123456789]", &i, &x, name);

       with input:


              56789 0123 56a72

       assigns  56  to i, 789.0 to x, skips 0123, and places the string "56\0"
       in name. The next call to getchar() shall return the character 'a' .

       wcrtomb() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,  Chap-
       ter 7, Locale, <langinfo.h>, <stdio.h>, <wchar.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions  of  this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003  by  the  Institute  of
       Electrical  and  Electronics  Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
       The  Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
       is the referee document. The original Standard can be  obtained  online
       at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .



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