The C library int fputs(const char *str, FILE *stream) function writes a string to the specified stream up to but not including the null character.It is commonly used for writing text to files.
SyntaxFollowing is the C library syntax of the fputs() function −
int fputs(const char *str, FILE *stream);Parameters
This function accept two parameters −
On success, fputs returns a non-negative value. On error, it returns EOF (-1), and the error indicator for the stream is set.
Example 1: Writing a String to a FileThis example writes a simple string to a text file.
Below is the illustration of C library fputs() function.
#include <stdio.h> int main() { FILE *file = fopen("example1.txt", "w"); if (file == NULL) { perror("Failed to open file"); return 1; } if (fputs("Hello, World!\n", file) == EOF) { perror("Failed to write to file"); fclose(file); return 1; } fclose(file); return 0; }Output
The above code opens a file named example1.txt for writing, writes "Hello, World!" to it, and then closes the file. −
Hello, World!Example 2: Writing Multiple Lines to a File
This example writes multiple lines to a file using fputs in a loop.
#include <stdio.h> int main() { FILE *file = fopen("example3.txt", "w"); if (file == NULL) { perror("Failed to open file"); return 1; } const char *lines[] = { "First line\n", "Second line\n", "Third line\n" }; for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) { if (fputs(lines[i], file) == EOF) { perror("Failed to write to file"); fclose(file); return 1; } } fclose(file); return 0; }Output
After execution of above code,it writes three different lines to example3.txt by iterating through an array of strings and using fputs in each iteration.
First line Second line Third line
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