fgets

Syntax

char * fgets(char * s, int n, int * fileptr)

Arguments

s
Pointer to a string which will contain the bytes read.
n
Maximum number of bytes to read.
fileptr
Pointer to a file opened using fopen.

Return

A pointer to string s if successful, otherwise NULL.

Description

Reads up to n number of bytes from the file referenced by fileptr into string s.
This function will add a NULL to the end of the string, so make sure to make n less than the memory allocated for string s.

See Also

fopen, fputs, fgetc, fread

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