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<H1 class="no-header">curs_getyx 3x 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_getyx.3x.html">curs_getyx(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getyx.3x.html">curs_getyx(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>getyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getparyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getbegyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getmaxyx</STRONG> - get <EM>curses</EM> cursor and window
coordinates
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
<STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>getyx(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>void</STRONG> <STRONG>getparyx(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>void</STRONG> <STRONG>getbegyx(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>void</STRONG> <STRONG>getmaxyx(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>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
The <STRONG>getyx</STRONG> macro places the current cursor position of the given window
in the two integer variables <EM>y</EM> and <EM>x</EM>.
If <EM>win</EM> is a subwindow, the <STRONG>getparyx</STRONG> macro places the beginning
coordinates of the subwindow relative to the parent window into two
integer variables <EM>y</EM> and <EM>x</EM>. Otherwise, <STRONG>-1</STRONG> is placed into <EM>y</EM> and <EM>x</EM>.
Like <STRONG>getyx</STRONG>, the <STRONG>getbegyx</STRONG> and <STRONG>getmaxyx</STRONG> macros store the current
beginning coordinates and size of the specified window.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
The return values of these macros are undefined (i.e., they should not
be used as the right-hand side of assignment statements).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
All of these interfaces are macros. A "&amp;" is not necessary before the
variables <EM>y</EM> and <EM>x</EM>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
The <STRONG>getyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getparyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getbegyx</STRONG> and <STRONG>getmaxyx</STRONG> macros are described in
X/Open Curses, Issue 4.
This implementation also provides functions <STRONG>getbegx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getbegy</STRONG>, <STRONG>getcurx</STRONG>,
<STRONG>getcury</STRONG>, <STRONG>getmaxx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getmaxy</STRONG>, <STRONG>getparx</STRONG> and <STRONG>getpary</STRONG> for compatibility with
older versions of <EM>curses</EM>; see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_legacy.3x.html">curs_legacy(3x)</A></STRONG>.
Although X/Open Curses does not address this, many implementations
provide members of the <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> structure containing values corresponding
to these macros. For best portability, do not rely on using the data
in <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG>, since some implementations make <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> opaque (do not allow
direct use of its members).
Besides the problem of opaque structures, the data stored in like-named
members may not have like-values in different implementations. For
example, the <STRONG>WINDOW._maxx</STRONG> and <STRONG>WINDOW._maxy</STRONG> values in <EM>ncurses</EM> have (at
least since release 1.8.1) differed by one from some other
implementations. The difference is hidden by means of the macro
<STRONG>getmaxyx</STRONG>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_legacy.3x.html">curs_legacy(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_opaque.3x.html">curs_opaque(3x)</A></STRONG>
ncurses 6.5 2024-04-20 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getyx.3x.html">curs_getyx(3x)</A></STRONG>
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