clearerr
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<stdio.h>
void clearerr( FILE *stream );
Resets the error flags and the EOF
indicator for the given file stream.
[edit] Parameters
stream
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the file to reset the error flags for
[edit] Return value
(none)
[edit] Example
Run this code
#include <stdio.h> #include <assert.h> int main(void) { FILE * tmpf = tmpfile (); fputs ("cppreference.com\n", tmpf); rewind (tmpf); for (int ch; (ch = fgetc (tmpf)) != EOF ; putchar (ch)) { } assert (feof (tmpf)); // the loop is expected to terminate by EOF puts ("End of file reached"); clearerr(tmpf); // clear EOF puts (feof (tmpf) ? "EOF indicator set" : "EOF indicator cleared"); }
Output:
cppreference.com End of file reached EOF indicator cleared
[edit] References
- C17 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2018):
- 7.21.10.1 The clearerr function (p: 246)
- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
- 7.21.10.1 The clearerr function (p: 338)
- C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
- 7.19.10.1 The clearerr function (p: 304)
- C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):
- 4.9.10.1 The clearerr function
[edit] See also
C++ documentation for clearerr