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42<H1 class="no-header">curs_addstr 3x 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
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44<STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>                  Library calls                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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49</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
50       <STRONG>addstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>addnstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>waddstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>waddnstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>mvaddstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvaddnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwaddstr</STRONG>,
51       <STRONG>mvwaddnstr</STRONG> - add a string to a <EM>curses</EM> window and advance the cursor
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54</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
55       <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
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57       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>addstr(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
58       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvaddstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
59       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwaddstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
60       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>waddstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
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62       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>addnstr(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
63       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvaddnstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
64       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwaddnstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
65       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>waddnstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
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69       <STRONG>waddstr</STRONG> writes the characters of the (null-terminated)  string  <EM>str</EM>  to
70       the  window <EM>win</EM>.  Its process is similar to calling <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">waddch(3x)</A></STRONG> for each
71       <EM>char</EM> in <EM>str</EM>.  Control characters are processed as in <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">waddch(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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73       <STRONG>waddnstr</STRONG> writes at most <EM>n</EM>  characters,  or  until  a  terminating  null
74       character  occurs  in  <EM>str</EM>.   If  <EM>n</EM>  is  -1, <STRONG>waddnstr</STRONG> writes the entire
75       string.
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77       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> describes the variants of these functions.
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80</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
81       These functions return <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure.
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83       X/Open Curses does not specify any error conditions.   <EM>ncurses</EM>  returns
84       an error
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86       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   if the window pointer is <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>,
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88       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   if the string pointer is <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>, or
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90       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   if an internal <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">waddch(3x)</A></STRONG> call returns an error.
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92       Functions  prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail if
93       the position (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>) is outside the window boundaries.
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97       All of these functions except <STRONG>waddnstr</STRONG> may be macros.
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101       X/Open Curses, Issue 4 describes these functions.
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105       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addwstr.3x.html">curs_addwstr(3x)</A></STRONG> describes comparable functions of the <EM>ncurses</EM>  library
106       in its wide-character configuration (<EM>ncursesw</EM>).
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108       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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112ncurses 6.5                       2024-04-20                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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