NAME¶

std::fgetc,std::getc - std::fgetc,std::getc

Synopsis¶

Defined in header <cstdio>
int fgetc( std::FILE* stream );
int getc( std::FILE* stream );

Reads the next character from the given input stream.

Parameters¶

stream - to read the character from

Return value¶

The 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 std::feof()) on stream. If the failure has been caused by some other
error, sets the error indicator (see std::ferror()) on stream.

Example¶

// Run this code

#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>

int main()
{
int is_ok = EXIT_FAILURE;
FILE* fp = std::fopen("/tmp/test.txt", "w+");
if (!fp)
{
std::perror("File opening failed");
return is_ok;
}

int c; // Note: int, not char, required to handle EOF
while ((c = std::fgetc(fp)) != EOF) // Standard C I/O file reading loop
std::putchar(c);

if (std::ferror(fp))
std::puts("I/O error when reading");
else if (std::feof(fp))
{
std::puts("End of file reached successfully");
is_ok = EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

std::fclose(fp);
return is_ok;
}

Output:¶

End of file reached successfully

See also¶

gets reads a character string from stdin
(deprecated in C++11) (function)
(removed in C++14)
fputc writes a character to a file stream
putc (function)
ungetc puts a character back into a file stream
(function)
C documentation for
fgetc,
getc