gets(3s) gets(3s)
Name
gets, fgets - get a string from a stream
Syntax
#include <stdio.h>
char *gets(s)
char *s;
char *fgets(s, n, stream)
char *s;
int n;
FILE *stream;
Description
The routine reads a string into s from the standard input stream stdin. The string is terminated by a newline character, which is replaced
in s by a null character. The routine returns its argument.
The routine reads n-1 characters, or up to a newline character, whichever comes first, from the stream into the string s. The last charac-
ter read into s is followed by a null character. The routine returns its first argument.
Restrictions
The routine deletes a newline, while keeps it.
Diagnostics
The and routines return the constant pointer NULL upon end of file or error.
See Also
ferror(3s), fread(3s), getc(3s), puts(3s), scanf(3s)
gets(3s)
