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# fgetc, getc

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< c‎ | io

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] Example

fgetc with error checking

Run this code

    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>

    int main(void)
    {
        FILE* tmpf = tmpfile();
        fputs("abcde\n", tmpf);

        rewind(tmpf);

        int ch;
        while ((ch=fgetc(tmpf)) != EOF)   /* read/print characters including newline */
              printf("%c", ch);

        /* Test reason for reaching EOF. */
        if (feof(tmpf))          /* if failure caused by end-of-file condition */
           puts("End of file reached");
        else if (ferror(tmpf))   /* if failure caused by some other error      */
             {
                perror("fgetc()");
                fprintf(stderr,"fgetc() failed in file %s at line # %d\n", __FILE__,__LINE__-9);
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
             }

        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

Output:

    abcde
    End of file reached

### [edit] See also

gets (until C11) | reads a character string from `stdin` (function) [edit]
fputc putc | writes a character to a file stream (function) [edit]
ungetc | puts a character back into a file stream (function) [edit]
C++ documentation for fgetc, getc

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