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# puts

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< c‎ | io

Defined in header `<stdio.h>` |  |
int puts( const char *str ); |  |

Writes every character from the null-terminated string `str` and one additional newline character '\n' to the output stream `stdout`, as if by repeatedly executing fputc.

The terminating null character from `str` is not written.

### [edit] Parameters

str | - | character string to be written

### [edit] Return value

On success, returns a non-negative value

On failure, returns EOF and sets the error indicator (see ferror()) on `stream`.

### [edit] Notes

The `puts` function appends the newline character to the output, while fputs function does not.

Different implementations return different non-negative numbers: some return the last character written, some return the number of characters written (or INT_MAX if the string was longer than that), some simply return a non-negative constant.

A typical cause of failure for `puts` is running out of space on the file system, when stdout is redirected to a file.

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <stdio.h>

    int main(void)
    {
        int rc = puts("Hello World");

        if (rc == EOF)
           perror("puts()"); // POSIX requires that errno is set
    }

Output:

    Hello World

### [edit] References

- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

  - 7.21.7.9 The puts function (p: 333)

- C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):

  - 7.19.7.10 The puts function (p: 299)

- C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):

  - 4.9.7.10 The puts function

### [edit] See also

fputs | writes a character string to a file stream (function) [edit]
printf fprintf sprintf snprintf printf_s fprintf_s sprintf_s snprintf_s (C99)(C11)(C11)(C11)(C11) | prints formatted output to stdout, a file stream or a buffer (function) [edit]
C++ documentation for puts

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