GETS
Section: Standard I/O Functions (3S)
Updated: May 15, 1985
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NAME
gets, fgets - get a string from a stream
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
char *gets(s)
char *s;
char *fgets(s, n, stream)
char *s;
FILE
*stream;
DESCRIPTION
Gets
reads a string into
s
from the standard input stream
stdin.
The string is terminated by a newline
character, which is replaced in
s
by a null character.
Gets
returns its argument.
Fgets
reads
n-1
characters, or up through a newline
character, whichever comes first,
from the
stream
into the string
s.
The last character read into
s
is followed by a null character.
Fgets
returns its first argument.
SEE ALSO
puts(3S),
getc(3S),
scanf(3S),
fread(3S),
ferror(3S)
DIAGNOSTICS
Gets
and
fgets
return the constant pointer
NULL
upon end of file or error.
BUGS
Gets
deletes a newline,
fgets
keeps it,
all in the name of backward compatibility.
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- SEE ALSO
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- DIAGNOSTICS
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