Table of Contents        Previous topic       Next topic       

C COMPILER LIBRARY FUNCTIONS->Detailed Descriptions->fgets()

Summary

#include <stdio.h>


int fgets(char* string, int n, FILE* stream);    Read characters from stream


Parameter

    

string	Pointer to char array pointer to receive characters
n	Number of characters to read
stream	Pointer to file structure

Description

This function reads at most the next n-1 characters from stream into the array pointed to by string.  Input stops if a newline character is encountered.  The newline character is included in the array and the array is terminated by '\0'.  stdin is the only input stream supported.


Return Value

The function returns string or NULL if an error occurred.