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# std::puts

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< cpp‎ | io‎ | c

Defined in header `<cstdio>` |  |
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 std::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 std::ferror) on `stream`.

### [edit] Notes

The `std::puts` function appends the newline character to the output, while std::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 `std::puts` is running out of space on the file system, when `stdout` is redirected to a file.

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <cstdio>

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

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

Output:

    Hello World

### [edit] See also

fputs | writes a character string to a file stream (function) [edit]
printf fprintf sprintf snprintf (C++11) | prints formatted output to stdout, a file stream or a buffer (function) [edit]
C documentation for puts

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