fputwc(3)

fputwc3

Output a wide character to a stream

Part of putwc(3).

Usage

#include <stdio.h>

#include <wchar.h>

wint_t

fputwc(wchar_t wc, FILE *stream);

wint_t

putwc(wchar_t wc, FILE *stream);

wint_t

putwchar(wchar_t wc);

Library

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

Overview

The fputwc() function writes the wide character wc to the output stream pointed to by stream.

The putwc() function acts essentially identically to fputwc().

The putwchar() function is identical to putwc() with an output stream of stdout.

Return values

The fputwc(), putwc(), and putwchar() functions return the wide character written. If an error occurs, the value WEOF is returned.

Releases

56 releases since FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE; the text changed 34 times.

  1. 5.0–5.2.1
  2. 5.3–6.3
  3. 6.4
  4. 7.0
  5. 7.1
  6. 7.2
  7. 7.3
  8. 7.4
  9. 8.0
  10. 8.1
  11. 8.2
  12. 8.3
  13. 8.4
  14. 9.0
  15. 9.1
  16. 9.2
  17. 9.3
  18. 10.0
  19. 10.1
  20. 10.2
  21. 10.3
  22. 10.4
  23. 11.0
  24. 11.1
  25. 11.2
  26. 11.3
  27. 11.4
  28. 12.0
  29. 12.1
  30. 12.2
  31. 12.3
  32. 12.4
  33. 13.0–13.2
  34. 13.3–14.5
  35. 15.0–16.0

Standards

The fputwc(), putwc(), and putwchar() functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”).

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.