The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition
Copyright © 2001-2013 The IEEE and The Open Group

#### NAME

> putwchar - put a wide character on a stdout stream

#### SYNOPSIS

> ``#include <wchar.h>
> wint_t putwchar(wchar_t` wc`);
> ``

#### DESCRIPTION

> [CX] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2008 defers to the ISO C standard.

> The function call putwchar(wc) shall be equivalent to putwc(wc,stdout).

#### RETURN VALUE

> Refer to fputwc.

#### ERRORS

> Refer to fputwc.

The following sections are informative.

#### EXAMPLES

> None.

#### APPLICATION USAGE

> None.

#### RATIONALE

> None.

#### FUTURE DIRECTIONS

> None.

#### SEE ALSO

> Standard I/O Streams, fputwc, putwc

> XBD <wchar.h>

#### CHANGE HISTORY

> First released in Issue 4.

#### Issue 5

> Aligned with ISO/IEC 9899:1990/Amendment 1:1995 (E). Specifically, the type of argument wc is changed from wint_t to wchar_t.

#### Issue 7

> POSIX.1-2008, Technical Corrigendum 1, XSH/TC1-2008/0479 [14] is applied.

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