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# feof

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< c‎ | io

Defined in header `<stdio.h>` |  |
int feof( FILE *stream ); |  |

Checks if the end of the given file stream has been reached.

### [edit] Parameters

stream | - | the file stream to check

### [edit] Return value

nonzero value if the end of the stream has been reached, otherwise ​0​

### [edit] Notes

This function only reports the stream state as reported by the most recent I/O operation, it does not examine the associated data source. For example, if the most recent I/O was a fgetc, which returned the last byte of a file, `feof` returns zero. The next fgetc fails and changes the stream state to end-of-file. Only then `feof` returns non-zero.

In typical usage, input stream processing stops on any error; `feof` and ferror are then used to distinguish between different error conditions.

### [edit] Example

Run this code

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

    int main(void)
    {
        FILE* fp = fopen("test.txt", "r");
        if(!fp) {
            perror("File opening failed");
            return EXIT_FAILURE;
        }

        int c; // note: int, not char, required to handle EOF
        while ((c = fgetc(fp)) != EOF) { // standard C I/O file reading loop
           putchar(c);
        }

        if (ferror(fp))
            puts("I/O error when reading");
        else if (feof(fp))
            puts("End of file reached successfully");

        fclose(fp);
    }

### [edit] References

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

  - 7.21.10.2 The feof function (p: 339)

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

  - 7.19.10.2 The feof function (p: 305)

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

  - 4.9.10.2 The feof function

### [edit] See also

clearerr | clears errors (function) [edit]
perror | displays a character string corresponding of the current error to stderr (function) [edit]
ferror | checks for a file error (function) [edit]
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