curs_instr(3curses)

curs_instr: instr, innstr, winstr, winnstr, mvinstr, mvinnstr, mvwinstr, mvwinnstr -- get a string of characters from a curses window

Synopsis

   cc [flag . . .] file -lcurses [library . . .] 
    
   #include <curses.h> 
   
 
   int instr(char str); 
   int innstr(char str, int n); 
   int winstr(WINDOW win, char str); 
   int winnstr(WINDOW win, char str, int n); 
   int mvinstr(int y, int x, char str); 
   int mvinnstr(int y, int x, char str, int n); 
   int mvwinstr(WINDOW win, int y, int x, char str); 
   int mvwinnstr(WINDOW win, int y, int x, char str, int n);

Description

These routines return the string of characters in str starting at the current cursor position in the named window and ending at the right margin of the window. Attributes are stripped from the characters. The four functions with n as the last argument return the string at most n characters long.

Return values

All routines return the integer ERR upon failure and an integer value other than ERR upon successful completion.

References

curses(3curses)

Notices

The header file curses.h automatically includes the header files stdio.h and unctrl.h.

Note that all routines except winnstr may be macros.