C Tutorial/stdio.h/getc

getc

Item Value Header file stdio.h Declaration int getc(FILE *stream); Function reads a character from stream. Return returns EOF on file end or error.

When working with binary files, you must use ferror() to check errors.

The functions getc() and fgetc() are identical except that in most implementations getc() is defined as a macro.

(C: The Complete Reference, Fourth Edition by Herbert Schildt McGraw-Hill/Osborne 2000 (805 pages) ISBN:0072121246)

#include <stdio.h>
  #include <stdlib.h>
  int main(int argc, char *argv[])
  {
    FILE *fp;
    char ch;
    if((fp=fopen("test", "r"))==NULL) {
      printf("Cannot open file.\n");
      exit(1);
    }
    while((ch=getc(fp))!=EOF) {
      printf("%c", ch);
    }
    fclose(fp);
    return 0;
  }