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===== getc =====
<code c>
    int getc(FILE *stream);
</code>

Returns next character from (input) stream stream, or EOF on end-of-file or error.

===== C Sourcecode Example =====
<code c>
/* 
 * getc example code
 * http://code-reference.com/c/stdio.h/getc
 */

#include <stdio.h> /* including standard library */
//#include <windows.h> /* uncomment this for Windows */


int main( void )
{
    FILE *stream;
    int c;

    if((stream=fopen("test.txt","r"))==NULL) {
        printf("Cannot open file.\n");
        return 1;
    }
      
   while((c = getc(stream) ) != EOF) {
        printf("%c", c);
     }
     
   fclose(stream);
   return 0;
}
</code>

content of test.txt
<code c>
Test example file for code-reference.com getc source code
</code>

==== output ====
    ./getc 
    Test example file for code-reference.com getc source code