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20 <<getc>>---read a character (macro)
27 int getc(FILE *<[fp]>);
35 <<getc>> is a macro, defined in <<stdio.h>>. You can use <<getc>>
36 to get the next single character from the file or stream
37 identified by <[fp]>. As a side effect, <<getc>> advances the file's
38 current position indicator.
40 For a subroutine version of this macro, see <<fgetc>>.
43 The next character (read as an <<unsigned char>>, and cast to
44 <<int>>), unless there is no more data, or the host system reports a
45 read error; in either of these situations, <<getc>> returns <<EOF>>.
47 You can distinguish the two situations that cause an <<EOF>> result by
48 using the <<ferror>> and <<feof>> functions.
51 ANSI C requires <<getc>>; it suggests, but does not require, that
52 <<getc>> be implemented as a macro. The standard explicitly permits
53 macro implementations of <<getc>> to use the argument more than once;
54 therefore, in a portable program, you should not use an expression
55 with side effects as the <<getc>> argument.
57 Supporting OS subroutines required: <<close>>, <<fstat>>, <<isatty>>,
58 <<lseek>>, <<read>>, <<sbrk>>, <<write>>.
61 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
62 static char sccsid
[] = "%W% (Berkeley) %G%";
63 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
68 * A subroutine version of the macro getc.
79 /* CHECK_INIT is called (eventually) by __srefill. */
80 result
= __sgetc (fp
);