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42 <H1 class="no-header">curs_addstr 3x</H1>
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44 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>                                                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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49 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
50        <STRONG>addstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>addnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>waddstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>waddnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvaddstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvaddnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwaddstr</STRONG>,
51        <STRONG>mvwaddnstr</STRONG> - add a string of characters to a <STRONG>curses</STRONG> window and advance
52        cursor
53
54
55 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
56        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
57
58        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>addstr(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
59        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>addnstr(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
60        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>waddstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
61        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>waddnstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
62        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvaddstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
63        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvaddnstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
64        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwaddstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
65        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwaddnstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str,</EM> <EM>int</EM> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
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68 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
69        These functions write the (null-terminated) character string <EM>str</EM> on the
70        given window.  It is similar to calling <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> once for  each  byte  in
71        the string.
72
73        The <EM>mv</EM> functions perform cursor movement once, before writing any char-
74        acters.  Thereafter, the cursor is advanced as a side-effect of writing
75        to the window.
76
77        The  four  functions with <EM>n</EM> as the last argument write at most <EM>n</EM> bytes,
78        or until a terminating null is reached.  If <EM>n</EM> is -1,  then  the  entire
79        string will be added.
80
81
82 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
83        All functions return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success.
84
85        X/Open  does  not define any error conditions.  This implementation re-
86        turns an error
87
88        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   if the window pointer is null or
89
90        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   if the string pointer is null or
91
92        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   if the corresponding calls to <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> return an error.
93
94        Functions with a "mv" prefix first  perform  a  cursor  movement  using
95        <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if
96        the window pointer is null.  If an error is returned by the  <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>,  no
97        characters are added to the window.
98
99        If  an  error  is  returned  by <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> (e.g., because the window is not
100        large enough, or an illegal byte sequence was detected)  only  part  of
101        the  string  may be added.  Aside from that, there is a special case in
102        <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> where an error may be  returned  after  successfully  writing  a
103        character  to  the lower-right corner of a window when <STRONG>scrollok</STRONG> is dis-
104        abled.
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106
107 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
108        All of these functions except <STRONG>waddnstr</STRONG> may be macros.
109
110
111 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
112        These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
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114
115 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
116        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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120                                                                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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128 <li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
129 <li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
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