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  42 <H1 class="no-header">curs_instr 3x</H1>
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  44 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_instr.3x.html">curs_instr(3x)</A></STRONG>                                                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_instr.3x.html">curs_instr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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  49 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
  50        <STRONG>instr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>innstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>winstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>winnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvinstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvinnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwinstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwinnstr</STRONG>
  51        - get a string of characters from a <STRONG>curses</STRONG> window
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  54 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
  55        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
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  57        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>instr(char</STRONG> <STRONG>*str);</STRONG>
  58        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>innstr(char</STRONG> <STRONG>*str,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>n);</STRONG>
  59        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>winstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*str);</STRONG>
  60        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>winnstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*str,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>n);</STRONG>
  61        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvinstr(int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x,</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*str);</STRONG>
  62        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvinnstr(int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x,</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*str,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>n);</STRONG>
  63        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwinstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x,</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*str);</STRONG>
  64        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwinnstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x,</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*str,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>n);</STRONG>
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  67 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
  68        These routines return a string of characters in <EM>str</EM>, extracted starting
  69        at  the  current  cursor  position in the named window.  Attributes are
  70        stripped from the characters.  The four functions with <EM>n</EM>  as  the  last
  71        argument  return  a leading substring at most <EM>n</EM> characters long (exclu-
  72        sive of the trailing NUL).
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  75 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
  76        All of the functions return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure, or the number of  charac-
  77        ters actually read into the string.
  78
  79        X/Open Curses defines no error conditions.  In this implementation:
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  81        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If the <EM>win</EM> parameter is null, an error is returned,
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  83        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If the <EM>chstr</EM> parameter is null, an error is returned,
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  85        Functions  with  a  "mv"  prefix  first perform a cursor movement using
  86        <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if
  87        the window pointer is null.
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  90 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
  91        Note that all routines except <STRONG>winnstr</STRONG> may be macros.
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  94 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
  95        SVr4  does not document whether a length limit includes or excludes the
  96        trailing NUL.
  97
  98        The ncurses library extends the XSI description by allowing a  negative
  99        value  for  <EM>n</EM>.  In this case, the functions return the string ending at
 100        the right margin.
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 103 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
 104        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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 108                                                                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_instr.3x.html">curs_instr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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 115 <li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li>
 116 <li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
 117 <li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
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