Gets a single key stroke from the keyboard.
The getchar() is used in 'C' programming language because it can read the character from the Standard input(i.e..from the user keyboard),and converts in to the ASCII value.
The getchar() function gets a single character from stdin. Here is a very basic example: #include <stdio.h> int main() { char ch; do { ch = getchar(); putchar(ch); } while (ch != ';'); return 0; } It reads from data you input and prints it again of the screen after you press key. It works until it reaches ";" symbol. The getchar() function is equivalent to getc(stdin).
read, fread, gets, fgets, getc, fgetc, getchar, getch
Random example: while ((c= getchar()) != EOF) putchar (c);
I think its in conio.h or stdio.h
Consider an example in this we are just accepting a single character and printing it on the console. Example: { char ch; ch = getchar(); printf ('Accepted Character : %c', ch); }
They do different things, read the manual/help for details.
printf , scanf , getchar, putchar, getc are the other operators in C except gets and puts..
Use the scanf() function from the C standard library.
gets()Reads characters from stdin and stores them as a string into str until a newline character ('\n') or the End-of-File is reached.The ending newline character ('\n') is not included in the string.getchar()Returns the next character from the standard input (stdin).It is equivalent to getc with stdin as its argument. === ===
Getchar:-Reading a single character can be done by using the function getchar.Syntax:- variable_name = getchar ( );Variable_name is a valid 'c' name that has been declared as char type. When this statement is encountered, the computer waits until a key is pressed and then assigns this character as a value to getchar function. Since getchar is used on the right hand side of an assignment statement, the character value of getchar is in turn assigned to the variable_name on the left. The getchar function may be called successively to read the characters contained in a line of text. Getchar accepts space character.Scanf ("control strings",arg1, arg2, ………… argn);The control string specifies the field format in which the data is to be entered and the arguments arg 1, arg 2, arg n specify the address of locations where the data is stored. Scanf does not accept space character.
There is no 'get' in the standard libraries, but for 'getc', 'getch', 'getchar', 'fgetc' etc you can find useful information in the help/manual.