putchar
int putchar (int character ); | stdio.h |
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Write character to stdout.
Writes character to the current position in the
standard output (stdout)
and increases the file pointer to point to next character.
This routine cooresponds to: putc(character,stdout).
Parameters.
Return Value.
The value returned is the written character.
If an error occurs, EOF is returned.
Note that when you work with binary files EOF is a valid character and
you must use ferror() function to check if
it has been an error.
Portability.
Defined in ANSI-C. K&R compatible.
Example.
/* putchar example: printing alphabet */
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
char c;
for (c = 'A' ; c <= 'Z' ; c++) {
putchar (c);
}
return 0;
}
This program writes ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ on the standard output (screen).
See also.
putc,
fputc,
getchar