Fgetchar
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fgetchar
| Note: This function name starts with a lowercase letter. |
Description:
Reads a single character from a file.
(File: handle, value, bool: utf8=true)
| handle | The file handle to use; returned by fopen. |
| value | This parameter has no use, just keep it "0". |
| utf8 | If true, read a character as UTF-8, otherwise as extended ASCII. |
Return Values:
If succeed, it returns the extended ASCII or UTF-8 value of the character at the current position in the file, otherwise EOF (end of file).
Example Usage:
// Open "file.txt" in "read only" mode new File:handle = fopen("file.txt", io_read), // Declare "g_char" g_char; // Check, if "file.txt" is open if(handle) { // Read all characters, while ignoring UTF-8. while((g_char = fgetchar(handle, 0, false)) != EOF) { // Print the character printf("[ \"file.txt\" ] 0x%x", g_char); } // Close "file.txt" fclose(handle); } else { // Error print("Failed to open \"file.txt\"."); }
Related Functions
The following functions may be useful, as they are related to this function in one way or another.
- fopen: Open a file.
- fclose: Close a file.
- ftemp: Create a temporary file stream.
- fremove: Remove a file.
- fwrite: Write to a file.
- fread: Read a file.
- fputchar: Put a character in a file.
- fgetchar: Get a character from a file.
- fblockwrite: Write blocks of data into a file.
- fblockread: Read blocks of data from a file.
- fseek: Jump to a specific character in a file.
- flength: Get the file length.
- fexist: Check, if a file exists.
- fmatch: Check, if patterns with a file name matches.
