getw() STDIO Function getw() Read word from file stream #include <stdio.h> int getw(fp) FILE *fp; getw reads a word (an int) from the file stream fp. getw differs from getc in that getw gets and returns an int, whereas getc returns either a char promoted to an int, or EOF. To detect EOF while using getw, you must use feof. ***** See Also ***** canon, getc(), STDIO ***** Notes ***** getw returns EOF on errors. getw assumes that the bytes of the word it receives are in the natural byte ordering of the machine. This means that such files might not be portable between machines. COHERENT Lexicon Page 1