mv[w]delch

Move the cursor to coordinates (y,x) and delete the character on the specified window. The mvdelch function acts on the stdscr window.

Format 

#include  <curses.h>

int mvdelch  (int y, int x);

int mvwdelch  (WINDOW *win, int y, int
              x);

Arguments

win
A pointer to the window.
y
A window coordinate.
x
A window coordinate.

Description

Each of the following characters on the same line shifts to the left, and the last character becomes blank.

Return Values
OK  Indicates success. 
ERR  Indicates that deleting the character would cause the screen to scroll illegally. For more information, see the scrollok function in this section. 

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