fgetc : get a character from a file or stream

Synopsis

#include <stdio.h>
int fgetc(FILE *fp);
```### Description

Use fgetc to get the next single character from the file or stream identified by fp. As a side effect, fgetc advances the file's current position indicator.

For a macro version of this function, see getc.### Returns

The next character (read as an unsigned char, and cast to int), unless there is no more data, or the host system reports a read error; in either of these situations, fgetc returns EOF.

You can distinguish the two situations that cause an EOF result by using the ferror and feof functions.

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**Authoritative source**: BUSMASTER DITA help source `fgetc.dita`, compiled into `BUSMASTER.CHM` with the application.