NAME¶

std::gets - std::gets

Synopsis¶

Defined in header <cstdio>
char* gets( char* str ); (deprecated in C++11)
(removed in C++14)

Reads stdin into given character string until a newline character is found or
end-of-file occurs.

Parameters¶

str - character string to be written

Return value¶

str on success, a null pointer on failure.

If the failure has been caused by end of file condition, additionally sets the eof
indicator (see std::feof()) on stdin. If the failure has been caused by some other
error, sets the error indicator (see std::ferror()) on stdin.

Notes¶

The function provides no means to prevent buffer overflow of the destination array,
given sufficiently long input string. std::gets was deprecated in C++11 and removed
from C++14.

std::fgets can be used instead.

See also¶

scanf reads formatted input from stdin, a file stream or a buffer
fscanf (function)
sscanf
fgets gets a character string from a file stream
(function)
fputs writes a character string to a file stream
(function)