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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>


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