# std::fgetws

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Defined in header `<cwchar>` |  |
wchar_t* fgetws( wchar_t* str, int count, std::FILE* stream ); |  |

Reads at most count - 1 wide characters from the given file stream and stores them in `str`. The produced wide string is always null-terminated. Parsing stops if end-of-file occurs or a newline wide character is found, in which case `str` will contain that wide newline character.

### Parameters

str | - | wide string to read the characters to
count | - | the length of `str`
stream | - | file stream to read the data from

### Return value

`str` on success, NULL on an error

### See also

wscanf fwscanf swscanf | reads formatted wide character input from stdin, a file stream or a buffer (function)
fgetwc getwc | gets a wide character from a file stream (function)
fputws | writes a wide string to a file stream (function)

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