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fgets, gets_s – get a line from a stream

LIBRARY SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUES ERRORS SEE ALSO STANDARDS HISTORY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

#include <stdio.h>

char *
fgets(char * restrict str, int size, FILE * restrict stream);

#define __STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT1__ 1
char *
gets_s(char *str, rsize_t size);

The fgets() function reads at most one less than the number of characters specified by size from the given stream and stores them in the string str. Reading stops when a newline character is found, at end-of-file or error. The newline, if any, is retained. If any characters are read and there is no error, a ‘\0’ character is appended to end the string.

The gets_s() function is equivalent to fgets() with a stream of stdin, except that the newline character (if any) is not stored in the string.

The gets() function was unsafe and is no longer available.

The fgets() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 ("ISO C99"). gets_s() conforms to ISO/IEC K.3.7.4.1. gets() has been removed from ISO/IEC .

The functions fgets() and gets() first appeared in AT&T v7 .