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42 .Nd curses read formatted data from screen routines
48 .Fn scanw "const char *fmt" "..."
50 .Fn wscanw "WINDOW *win" "const char *fmt" "..."
52 .Fn mvscanw "int y" "int x" "const char *fmt" "..."
54 .Fn mvwscanw "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "const char *fmt" "..."
56 These functions read formatted data from
58 or from the specified window.
62 function is the same as the
64 function, excepting that the input data stream is read from the current
73 function, excepting that the data stream is read from the window specified by
80 functions are the same as the
84 functions, respectively, excepting that
86 is called to move the cursor to the position specified by
89 before the data is read from the window.
91 Functions returning pointers will return
93 if an error is detected.
94 The functions that return an int will return one of the following
97 .Bl -tag -width ERR -compact
99 The function completed successfully.
101 An error occurred in the function.
104 .Xr curses_cursor 3 ,
110 Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
111 Single Unix Specification.
113 The Curses package appeared in