fgetc, getc

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Defined in header <stdio.h>
int fgetc( FILE *stream );
int getc( FILE *stream );

Reads the next character from the given input stream. getc() may be implemented as a macro.

[edit] Parameters

stream - to read the character from

[edit] Return value

The obtained character on success or EOF on failure.

If the failure has been caused by end of file condition, additionally sets the eof indicator (see feof()) on stream. If the failure has been caused by some other error, sets the error indicator (see ferror()) on stream.

[edit] See also

reads a character string from stdin
(function)
writes a character to a file stream
(function)
puts a character back into a file stream
(function)
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