VWSCANF(3POSIX)

💖 VWSCANF — POSIX Programmer's Manual 💖

ok so bestie, welcome to vwscanf(3POSIX), straight out of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. pull up a chair, grab a boba, and let's get into it. 🧋✨

🌸 PROLOG 🌸

so like, real talk before we even start: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. the Linux implementation of this interface may differ (so go check the corresponding Linux manual page for details on how Linux actually behaves), or honestly? the interface might not even be implemented on Linux at all. 🙈 not me warning you upfront bestie, i got you.

✨ NAME ✨

vwscanf — wide-character formatted input of a stdarg argument list

it's giving "scanf but for wide characters and you're passing a va_list" 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

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

int vwscanf(const wchar_t *restrict format, va_list arg);

look at her. iconic. three includes, one function, zero drama. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so for the actual description? refer to vfwscanf(). that's it, that's the whole vibe. she's a family member, go read the main character's page. 👑

💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

gonna be so fr with you, this part is the legal paperwork and it stays exactly as it is, no notes:

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 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 .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

okay so lowkey important: if there's any disagreement between this page and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard — the original Standard is the referee document. periodt. no cap. 💀

and that's the whole page bestie, we ate and left no crumbs 🍓✨ this little icon was brought to you by IEEE/The Open Group, dated 2017 — mwah, love u, see u in the next man page 💖🦋🎀