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fgetchar >> Gets Character from stdin >> Stdio.h Header File



fgetchar :

  1. fgetchar gets a character from stdin
  2. The fgetchar() function is equivalent to fgetc() with the argument stdin.
#include<stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
char ch;

/* prompt the user for input */
printf("Enter a character : ");

/* read the character from stdin */
ch = fgetchar();

/* display what was read */
printf("The character read is: '%c'",ch);

return 0;
}

Return Type :

  1. On Success : Next character from the input stream pointed to by stdin.
  2. On end-of-file : Returns EOF 
  3. On error : Returns EOF