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#include <curses.h>chtype inch(void);
The inch() and winch() functions return the chtype character located at the current cursor position of the stdscr window and window win , respectively. The mvinch() and mvwinch() functions return the chtype character located at the position indicated by the x (column) and y (row) parameters (the former in the stdscr window; the latter in window win ).
The complete character/attribute pair will be returned. The character or attributes can be extracted by performing a bitwise AND on the returned value, using the constants A_CHARTEXT , A_ATTRIBUTES , and A_COLOR .
Is the y (row) coordinate of the position of the character to be returned.
Is the x (column) coordinate of the position of the character to be returned.
Is a pointer to the window that contains the character to be returned.
On success, these functions return the specified character and rendition. Otherwise, they return ERR .
None.
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | PARAMETERS | RETURN VALUES | ERRORS | SEE ALSO