gets(3S)                                                 gets(3S)



NAME
     gets, fgets - get a string from a stream

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdio.h>

     char *gets(s)
     char *s;

     char *fgets(s, n, stream)
     char *s;
     int n;
     FILE *stream;

DESCRIPTION
     gets reads characters from the standard input stream, stdin,
     into the array pointed to by s, until a newline character is
     read or an end-of-file condition is encountered.  The
     newline character is discarded and the string is terminated
     with a null character.

     fgets reads characters from the stream into the array
     pointed to by s until n-1 characters are read, or a newline
     character is read and transferred to s, or an end-of-file
     condition is encountered.  The string is then terminated
     with a null character.

STATUS MESSAGES AND VALUES
     If end-of-file is encountered and no characters have been
     read, no characters are transferred to s and a null pointer
     is returned.  If a read error (for example, trying to use
     these functions on a file that has not been opened for
     reading) occurs, a null pointer is returned.  Otherwise s is
     returned.

NOTES
     gets deletes the newline ending its input, but fgets keeps
     it.

SEE ALSO
     ferror(3S), fopen(3S), fread(3S), getc(3S), scanf(3S)














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