fgetc, fgetwc

Go Up to stdio.h Index

Header File

stdio.h

Category

Input/output Routines

Prototype

int fgetc(FILE *stream);

wint_t fgetwc(FILE *stream);

Description

Gets character from stream.

fgetc returns the next character on the named input stream.

Return Value

On success fgetc returns the character read after converting it to an int without sign extension. On end-of-file or error it returns EOF.

Example

#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
   FILE *stream;
   char string[] = "This is a test";
   char ch;
   /* open a file for update */
   stream = fopen("DUMMY.FIL", "w+");
   /* write a string into the file */
   fwrite(string, strlen(string), 1, stream);
   /* seek to the beginning of the file */
   fseek(stream, 0, SEEK_SET);
   do
   {
      /* read a char from the file */
      ch = fgetc(stream);
      /* display the character */
      putchar(ch);
   } while (ch != EOF);
   fclose(stream);
   return 0;
}

Portability

	POSIX	Win32	ANSI C	ANSI C++
fgetc	+	+	+	+
fgetwc		+	+	+