August 12, 2002 CURSES_DELCH 3

### NAME

curses_delch, delch, wdelch - curses delete characters routines

### LIBRARY

Curses Library (libcurses, -lcurses)

### SYNOPSIS

```int` delch(```void`)
```int` wdelch(```WINDOW *win`)

### DESCRIPTION

These functions delete characters from ```stdscr` or from the specified window.

The delch(``) function deletes the character at the current cursor position on ```stdscr`. Characters to the right of the deleted character are moved one position to the left. The cursor position is unchanged.

The wdelch(``) function is the same as the delch(``) function, excepting that the character is deleted from the specified window.

### RETURN VALUES

Functions returning pointers will return ```NULL` if an error is detected. The functions that return an int will return one of the following values:

```OK`
  The function completed successfully.
```ERR`
  An error occurred in the function.

### SEE ALSO

curses_addch(3), curses_insertch(3)

### STANDARDS

The NetBSD Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the Single Unix Specification.

### HISTORY

The Curses package appeared in 4.0BSD.