getchar

 

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Defined in header <stdio.h>
int getchar();

Reads the next character from stdin.

Parameters

(none)

Return value

the obtained character or EOF if an error has occurred or the end of file reached

See also

fgetc getc	gets a character from a file stream (function)
C++ documentation for getchar