Thread: what is the difference between thses commands?

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    what is the difference between thses commands?

    what is the difference between getc and getchar
    ??

    what is the difference between putc and putchar
    ??

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    Don't you have a reference book? You should buy one. Otherwise, learn to use a search engine.


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    i read them i cant spot the differece

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    You clearly aren't making any effort at all. All I do is type "man getc" into my browser, and presto:
    getc

    Then I read the nice little paragraph on what each one does:
    The getc() function acts essentially identically to fgetc(), but is a
    macro that expands in-line.

    The getchar() function is equivalent to getc(stdin).
    I'll let you figure out the second pair.


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    why puts("") means go to a new line??

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    Because that's the way they wrote it. Seriously dude, buy a reference book, or learn to use a search engine.

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    but its not puts('\n')

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    And? Some functions read characters. Some read lines. Some display characters. Some display lines.


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    It's just defined as being that way. This is also from an online man page that I found as my first entry in a google search:

    puts(3,n)() writes the string(3,n) s and a trailing newline to stdout.
    Quzah is right - with 1350 posts you really should have learned how to find things like this on your own by now.

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    Lol, I really think this post is only to disturb the slumber of quzah from his den.

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    How can you possibly ask what the difference is when they have different function signatures???

    int getc( FILE* )
    int getchar( void )

    int putc( int, FILE* )
    int putchar( int )
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