getc---read a character (macro)#include <stdio.h> int getc(FILE *fp);
Description
getc is a macro, defined in stdio.h. You can use getc
to get the next single character from the file or stream
identified by fp. As a side effect, getc advances the file's
current position indicator.
For a subroutine version of this macro, see fgetc.
Returns
The next character (read as an unsigned char, and cast to
int), unless there is no more data, or the host system reports a
read error; in either of these situations, getc returns EOF.
You can distinguish the two situations that cause an EOF result by
using the ferror and feof functions.
Portability
ANSI C requires getc; it suggests, but does not require, that
getc be implemented as a macro. The standard explicitly permits
macro implementations of getc to use the argument more than once;
therefore, in a portable program, you should not use an expression
with side effects as the getc argument.
Supporting OS subroutines required: close, fstat, isatty,
lseek, read, sbrk, write.
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