gets.c File Reference

#include "../stdio.h"

Functions
char *	gets (char *str)
	Get string from stdin. More...

Function Documentation

gets()

char* gets

(

char *

str

)

Get string from stdin.

Reads characters from the standard input (stdin) and stores them as a C string into str until a newline character or the end-of-file is reached.

Parameters

str	Pointer to a block of memory (array of char) where the string read is copied as a C string.

Returns

On success, the character read is returned. If the position indicator was at the end-of-file, the function returns EOF.