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fgetc and getc both read a character from a file (input stream) and have the same syntax. They are for all intents and purposes the same!

Library: stdio.h
Prototype: int fgetc(FILE *stream);
Syntax: FILE *file_pointer;
	 char ch;
	 ch = fgetc(file_pointer);
 ch = getc(file_pointer);

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Examples:

Example program.

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See also:

• getchar,
• fgets,
• gets,

getch, getche (non standard)

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Martin Leslie