int c;
c = getchar();
while ((c = getchar()) != EOF)
putchar(c);
c = getchar();
I know EOF means end of file. Basically, I believe this functions is instructed to keep inputing text from the keyboard until EOF becomes the subsequent input. However, I am not sure what EOF is on the keyboard or what triggers it.
Also, I am trying to understand why c has to be an integer and not a character for EOF.
I am trying to understand why c has to be an integer and not a character for EOF.
I am not sure what EOF is on the keyboard or what triggers it.
If you're on Windows, the Ctrl+Z key combination sill signal end-of-file and cause getchar to return the EOF flag rather than extract a character from the stream. On Unix/Linux, the key combination is Ctrl+D.
thanks for the help
I know EOF means end of file. Basically, I believe this functions is instructed to keep inputing text from the keyboard until EOF becomes the subsequent input. However, I am not sure what EOF is on the keyboard or what triggers it.
Also, I am trying to understand why c has to be an integer and not a character for EOF.
EOF is not a key in your keyboard but rather a condition that the OS sets when it reaches it. In MS Windows for example Ctlr-Z does trigger it. In C programming EOF is implemented as a macro that expands to -1 and it is returned by many functions to indicate such condition, or an error.
getchar() is one of those functions, and its prototype is int getchar ( void ); Notice the return.
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