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Questions - fgetc

fgetc vs getline or fgets - which is most flexible

I am reading data from a regular file and I was wondering which would allow for the most flexibility. I have found that both fgets and getline both read in a line (one with a maximum number of charact...
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tintins7a6164

c

file-io

fgets

getline

fgetc

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The three functions you mention do different things: fgetc() reads a single character from a FILE * descriptor, it buffers input and so, you can process the file in a buffered way without having the ...
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Luis Colorado

What are all the reasons `fgetc()` might return `EOF`?

Certainly fgetc() returns EOF when end-of-file or an input error occurs. Is that all and does that mean no more data is available? FILE *inf = ...; int ch; while ((ch = fgetc(inf)) != EOF) { ; } if ...
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chux - Reinstate Monica

c

fgetc

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Is that all and does that mean no more data available? No, there are more ways for EOF. An EOF does not certainly mean no more data - it depends. The C library lists three cases where fgetc() retur...
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chux - Reinstate Monica

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