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<H1>curs_delch 3x</H1>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>delch</STRONG>, <STRONG>wdelch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvdelch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwdelch</STRONG> - delete character under
the cursor in a <STRONG>curses</STRONG> window
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>delch(void);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wdelch(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvdelch(int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwdelch(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x);</STRONG>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
These routines delete the character under the cursor; all
characters to the right of the cursor on the same line are
moved to the left one position and the last character on
the line is filled with a blank. The cursor position does
not change (after moving to <EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>, if specified). (This
does not imply use of the hardware delete character fea-
ture.)
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
All routines return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and an <STRONG>OK</STRONG>
(SVr4 specifies only "an integer value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>")
upon successful completion.
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<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
Note that <STRONG>delch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvdelch</STRONG>, and <STRONG>mvwdelch</STRONG> may be macros.
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<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard,
Issue 4. The standard specifies that they return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on
failure, but specifies no error conditions.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_delch.3x.html">curs_delch(3x)</A></STRONG>
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