GETS(3S-BSD)        RISC/os Reference Manual         GETS(3S-BSD)



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;
     FILE *stream;

DESCRIPTION
     gets reads a string into s from the standard input stream
     stdin.  The string is terminated by a newline character,
     which is replaced in s by a null character.  gets returns
     its argument.

     fgets reads n-1 characters, or up through a newline charac-
     ter, whichever comes first, from the stream into the string
     s.  The last character read into s is followed by a null
     character.  fgets returns its first argument.

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

DIAGNOSTICS
     gets and fgets return the constant pointer NULL upon end of
     file or error.

ERRORS
     gets deletes a newline, fgets keeps it, all in the name of
     backward compatibility.





















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