GETCHAR(3P)						     POSIX Programmer's Manual						       GETCHAR(3P)

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       This  manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the correspond-
       ing Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       getchar - get a byte from a stdin stream

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdio.h>

       int getchar(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The getchar() function shall be equivalent to getc(stdin).

RETURN VALUE

       Refer to fgetc().

ERRORS

       Refer to fgetc().

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       If the integer value returned by getchar() is stored into a variable of type char and then compared against the integer constant  EOF,  the
       comparison may never succeed, because sign-extension of a variable of type char on widening to integer is implementation-defined.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       getc(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <stdio.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
       Electrical  and	Electronics  Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE
       and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can  be  obtained
       online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

IEEE
/The Open Group						       2003							       GETCHAR(3P)