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File access fopenfopen_s (C11) freopenfreopen_s (C11) fwide (C95) setbuf setvbuf fclose fflush Direct input/output fread fwrite Unformatted input/output fgetc fgets fputc fputs getchar getsgets_s (until C11)(C11) putchar puts ungetc fgetwcgetwc (C95)(C95) fgetws (C95) fputwcputwc (C95)(C95) fputws (C95) getwchar (C95) putwchar (C95) ungetwc (C95) Formatted input scanffscanfsscanfscanf_sfscanf_ssscanf_s (C11)(C11)(C11) wscanffwscanfswscanfwscanf_sfwscanf_sswscanf_s (C95)(C95)(C95)(C11)(C11)(C11)     vscanfvfscanfvsscanfvscanf_svfscanf_svsscanf_s (C99)(C99)(C99)(C11)(C11)(C11) vwscanfvfwscanfvswscanfvwscanf_svfwscanf_svswscanf_s (C99)(C99)(C99)(C11)(C11)(C11)	Formatted output printffprintfsprintfsnprintfprintf_sfprintf_ssprintf_ssnprintf_s (C99)(C11)(C11)(C11)(C11) wprintffwprintfswprintfwprintf_sfwprintf_sswprintf_ssnwprintf_s (C95)(C95)(C95)(C11)(C11)(C11)(C11)     vprintfvfprintfvsprintfvsnprintfvprintf_svfprintf_svsprintf_svsnprintf_s (C99)(C11)(C11)(C11)(C11) vwprintfvfwprintfvswprintfvwprintf_svfwprintf_svswprintf_svsnwprintf_s (C95)(C95)(C95)(C11)(C11)(C11)(C11) File positioning ftell fgetpos fseek fsetpos rewind Error handling clearerr feof ferror perror Operations on files remove rename tmpfiletmpfile_s (C11) tmpnamtmpnam_s (C11)

 

Defined in header <wchar.h>
int fwide( FILE *stream, int mode );		(since C95)

If mode > 0, attempts to make stream wide-oriented. If mode < 0, attempts to make stream byte-oriented. If mode==0, only queries the current orientation of the stream.

If the orientation of the stream has already been decided (by executing output or by an earlier call to fwide), this function does nothing.

Parameters

stream	-	pointer to the C I/O stream to modify or query
mode	-	integer value greater than zero to set the stream wide, less than zero to set the stream narrow, or zero to query only

Return value

An integer greater than zero if the stream is wide-oriented after this call, less than zero if the stream is byte-oriented after this call, and zero if the stream has no orientation.

Example

The following code sets and resets the stream orientation.

Run this code

#include <wchar.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
 
void show_orientation(int n)
{
    n < 0 ? puts("\tnarrow orientation"):
    n > 0 ? puts("\twide orientation"):
            puts("\tno orientation");
}
 
void try_read(FILE* fp)
{
    int c = fgetc(fp);
    if(c == EOF)
        puts("\tnarrow character read failed");
    else
        printf("\tnarrow character read '%c'\n", c);
 
    wint_t wc = fgetwc(fp);
    if(wc == WEOF)
        puts("\twide character read failed");
    else
        printf("\twide character read '%lc'\n", wc);
}
 
int main(void)
{
    enum fwide_orientation { narrow = -1, query, wide };
 
    FILE* fp = fopen("main.cpp", "r");
    if (!fp)
    {
        perror("fopen() failed");
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
 
    puts("1) A newly opened stream has no orientation.");
    show_orientation(fwide(fp, query));
 
    puts("2) Establish byte orientation.");
    show_orientation(fwide(fp, narrow));
    try_read(fp);
 
    puts("3) Only freopen() can reset stream orientation.");
    if (freopen("main.cpp", "r", fp) == NULL)
    {
       perror("freopen() failed");
       return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
 
    puts("4) A reopened stream has no orientation.");
    show_orientation(fwide(fp, query));
 
    puts("5) Establish wide orientation.");
    show_orientation(fwide(fp, wide));
    try_read(fp);
 
    fclose(fp);
}

Possible output:

1) A newly opened stream has no orientation.
	no orientation
2) Establish byte orientation.
	narrow orientation
	narrow character read '#'
	wide character read failed
3) Only freopen() can reset stream orientation.
4) A reopened stream has no orientation.
	no orientation
5) Establish wide orientation.
	wide orientation
	narrow character read failed
	wide character read '#'

References

• C17 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2018):

• 7.29.3.5 The fwide function (p: 309)

• C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

• 7.29.3.5 The fwide function (p: 423)

• C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):

• 7.24.3.5 The fwide function (p: 369)

See also

fopenfopen_s (C11)

opens a file (function)