(ANSI Standard)
#include <stdio.h> i = getc( f );
"getc" returns the next character from the file "f". The function returns EOF when end-of-file has been encountered or upon a read error.
When the data is being read from a terminal, the terminal user can generate an end of file condition by entering a line consisting of CTRL-\ (hold down the CTRL key and press the backslash), followed immediately by a carriage return. This is the ASCII file separator (FS) character. (Note that this is different from UNIX which uses the CTRL-D (EOT) character to signify end-of-file.)
Except for Media 4 files, "getc" ignores any null characters (NUL, '\0') found in the input. For example, if "getc" reads a null character from a Media 6 file, it does not return; instead, it keeps reading until it finds a non-null character, then returns that character to the caller.
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