1GETCHAR(3P)                POSIX Programmer's Manual               GETCHAR(3P)
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PROLOG

6       This  manual  page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux
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8       Linux  manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may
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NAME

13       getchar — get a byte from a stdin stream
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SYNOPSIS

16       #include <stdio.h>
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18       int getchar(void);
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DESCRIPTION

21       The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with  the
22       ISO C  standard.  Any  conflict between the requirements described here
23       and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This  volume  of  POSIX.1‐2008
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26       The getchar() function shall be equivalent to getc(stdin).
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RETURN VALUE

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ERRORS

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EXAMPLES

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APPLICATION USAGE

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

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FUTURE DIRECTIONS

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SEE ALSO

52       Section 2.5, Standard I/O Streams, getc()
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54       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <stdio.h>
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