GETCHAR
Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (3P)
Updated: 2017
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NAME
getchar
--- get a byte from a
stdin
stream
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
int getchar(void);
DESCRIPTION
The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the
ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the
ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2017 defers to the ISO C standard.
The
getchar()
function shall be equivalent to getc(stdin).
RETURN VALUE
Refer to
fgetc().
ERRORS
Refer to
fgetc().
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
If the integer value returned by
getchar()
is stored into a variable of type
char
and then compared against the integer constant EOF, the comparison may
never succeed, because sign-extension of a variable of type
char
on widening to integer is implementation-defined.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
Section 2.5,
Standard I/O Streams,
getc()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017,
<stdio.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition,
Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
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