Reads the next character from stdin.
[edit] Parameters(none)
[edit] Return valueThe 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 stdin. If the failure has been caused by some other error, sets the error indicator (see ferror()) on stdin.
[edit] ExampleDemonstrates getchar
with error checking
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main(void) { for (int ch; (ch = getchar()) != EOF;) // read/print "abcde" from stdin printf("%c", ch); // Test reason for reaching EOF. if (feof(stdin)) // if failure caused by end-of-file condition puts("End of file reached"); else if (ferror(stdin)) // if failure caused by some other error { perror("getchar()"); fprintf(stderr, "getchar() failed in file %s at line # %d\n", __FILE__, __LINE__ - 9); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } return EXIT_SUCCESS; }
Possible output:
abcde End of file reached[edit] References
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