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getc, getwc

Header File

stdio.h

Category

Input/output Routines

Prototype

int getc(FILE *stream);

wint_t getwc(FILE *stream);

Description

Gets character from stream.

getc returns the next character on the given input stream and increments the stream's file pointer to point to the next character.

Note: For Win32 GUI applications, stdin must be redirected.
Return Value

On success, getc returns the character read, after converting it to an int without sign extension.

On end-of-file or error, it returns EOF.

Example

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    #include <stdio.h>
    int main(void)
    {
       char ch;
       printf("Input a character:");
    /* read a character from the
    standard input stream */
       ch = getc(stdin);
       printf("The character input was: '%c'\n", ch);
       return 0;
    }

Portability

| POSIX | Win32 | ANSI C | ANSI C++
getc | + | + | + | +
getwc |  | + | + | +

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