PROLOG¶

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME¶

getchar - get a byte from a stdin stream

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <stdio.h>

int getchar(void);

DESCRIPTION¶

The getchar() function shall be equivalent to getc(stdin).

RETURN VALUE¶

Refer to fgetc().

ERRORS¶

Refer to fgetc().

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES¶

None.

APPLICATION USAGE¶

If the integer value returned by getchar() is stored into a variable of type char and then compared against the integer constant EOF, the comparison may never succeed, because sign-extension of a variable of type char on widening to integer is implementation-defined.

RATIONALE¶

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS¶

None.

SEE ALSO¶

getc(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <stdio.h>

COPYRIGHT¶

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .