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.\" $Id: curs_addstr.3x,v 1.16 2010/12/04 18:36:44 tom Exp $
.TH curs_addstr 3X ""
.na
.hy 0
.SH NAME
\fBaddstr\fR,
\fBaddnstr\fR,
\fBwaddstr\fR,
\fBwaddnstr\fR,
\fBmvaddstr\fR,
\fBmvaddnstr\fR,
\fBmvwaddstr\fR,
\fBmvwaddnstr\fR \- add a string of characters to a \fBcurses\fR window and advance cursor
.ad
.hy
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <curses.h>\fR
.PP
\fBint addstr(const char *\fR\fIstr\fR\fB);\fR
.br
\fBint addnstr(const char *\fR\fIstr\fR\fB, int \fR\fIn\fR\fB);\fR
.br
\fBint waddstr(WINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, const char *\fR\fIstr\fR\fB);\fR
.br
\fBint waddnstr(WINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, const char *\fR\fIstr\fR\fB, int \fR\fIn\fR\fB);\fR
.br
\fBint mvaddstr(int \fR\fIy\fR\fB, int \fR\fIx\fR\fB, const char *\fR\fIstr\fR\fB);\fR
.br
\fBint mvaddnstr(int \fR\fIy\fR\fB, int \fR\fIx\fR\fB, const char *\fR\fIstr\fR\fB, int \fR\fIn\fR\fB);\fR
.br
\fBint mvwaddstr(WINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, int \fR\fIy\fR\fB, int \fR\fIx\fR\fB, const char *\fR\fIstr\fR\fB);\fR
.br
\fBint mvwaddnstr(WINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, int \fR\fIy\fR\fB, int \fR\fIx\fR\fB, const char *\fR\fIstr, int \fR\fIn\fR\fB);\fR
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
These routines write the characters of the (null-terminated) character string
\fIstr\fR on the given window.
It is similar to calling \fBwaddch\fR once for each character in the string.
The four routines with \fIn\fR as the last argument
write at most \fIn\fR characters.
If \fIn\fR is \-1, then the entire string will be added,
up to the maximum number of characters that will fit on the line,
or until a terminating null is reached.
.SH RETURN VALUE
All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and \fBOK\fR on success
(the SVr4 manuals specify only "an integer value other than \fBERR\fR") upon
successful completion.
.PP
X/Open does not define any error conditions.
This implementation returns an error
if the window pointer is null or
if the string pointer is null or
if the corresponding calls to \fBwaddch\fP return an error.
.PP
Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
\fBwmove\fP, and return an error if the position is outside the window,
or if the window pointer is null.
.SH NOTES
Note that all of these routines except \fBwaddstr\fR and \fBwaddnstr\fR may be
macros.
.SH PORTABILITY
All these entry points are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.  The
XSI errors EILSEQ and EOVERFLOW, associated with extended-level conformance,
are not yet detected.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_addch\fR(3X).