C fgetc() function

C library function - fgetc()

The fgetc() function is used to read a single unsigned character from the input stream at the current position and increases the associated file pointer, if any, so that it points to the next character.

Syntax:

int fgetc(FILE *stream)

Parameters:

Return value

• Upon successful completion, fgetc() shall return the next byte from the input stream pointed to by stream.
• If the end-of-file indicator for the stream is set, or if the stream is at end-of-file, the end-of-file indicator for the stream shall be set and fgetc() shall return EOF.

Example: fgetc() function

The following example gathers a line of input from a stream:

#include <stdio.h>
#define  MAX_LEN  80 
int main(void)
{
   FILE *stream;
   char buffer[MAX_LEN + 1];
   int i, c;
 
   stream = fopen("test.txt","r");
 
   for (i = 0; (i < (sizeof(buffer)-1) &&
         ((c = fgetc(stream)) != EOF) && (c != '\n')); i++)
      buffer[i] = c;
 
   buffer[i] = '\0';
 
   if (fclose(stream))
      perror("fclose error");
 
   printf("Text from the file : %s\n", buffer);
}

Output:

Text from the file : C Language.

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