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.TH curs_scanw 3X ""
.SH NAME
\fBscanw\fR,
Applications may use the return value from the \fBscanw\fR, \fBwscanw\fR,
\fBmvscanw\fR and \fBmvwscanw\fR routines to determine the number of fields
which were mapped in the call.
+.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 PORTABILITY
The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions. The function
\fBvwscanw\fR is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be replaced by a function
at the end of the format string to ensure that something was processed.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_getstr\fR(3X), \fBcurs_printw\fR(3X), \fBscanf\fR(3)
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