GETC(3)

NAME
getc, getchar, fgetc, getw - get character or word from stream

SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
int getc(FILE *stream)
int getchar(void)
int fgetc(FILE *stream)
int getw(FILE *stream)

DESCRIPTION
Getc returns the next character from the named input stream.

Getchar() is identical to getc(stdin).

Fgetc behaves like getc, but is a genuine function, not a macro; it may be used to save object text.

Getw returns the next int from the named input stream. It returns the constant EOF upon end of file or error, but since that is a good integer value, feof and ferror(3) should be used to check the success of getw. Getw assumes no special alignment in the file.

SEE ALSO
clearerr(3), fopen(3), putc(3), gets(3), scanf(3), fread(3), ungetc(3).

DIAGNOSTICS
These functions return the integer constant EOF at end of file, upon read error, or if an attempt is made to read a file not opened by fopen. The end-of-file condition is remembered, even on a terminal, and all subsequent attempts to read will return EOF until the condition is cleared with clearerr(3).

BUGS
Because it is implemented as a macro, getc treats a stream argument with side effects incorrectly. In particular, `getc(*f++);' doesn't work sensibly.