NAME

getc - get character from stream

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>
int getc(FILE *stream);

DESCRIPTION

getc() is equivalent to fgetc(3), except for the BUGS (see below).

Use fgetc(3) instead.

STANDARDS

C23, POSIX.1-2024.

HISTORY

POSIX.1-2001, C89.

BUGS

Multiple evaluation

It may be implemented as a macro, and it may evaluate stream more than once.

Name

The name is inconsistent. It is often confused with getchar(3), as normally <stdio.h> functions without the "f" prefix in their name are variants that use stdin.