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NAME
putc, putchar, fputc, putw - put character or word on a stream
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
int putc(c, stream)
char c;
FILE *stream;
putchar(c)
fputc(c, stream)
FILE *stream;
putw(w, stream)
FILE *stream;
DESCRIPTION
Putc appends the character c to the named output stream. It returns
the character written.
Putchar(c) is defined as putc(c, stdout).
Fputc behaves like putc, but is a genuine function rather than a macro.
It may be used to save on object text.
Putw appends word (i.e. int) w to the output stream. It returns the
word written. Putw neither assumes nor causes special alignment in the
file.
The standard stream stdout is normally buffered if and only if the out‐
put does not refer to a terminal, in which case buffering occurs only
within calls to printf(3). This default may be changed by setbuf(3).
The standard stream stderr is normally unbuffered; freopen (see
fopen(3)) will cause it to become buffered. When an output stream is
unbuffered information appears on the destination file or terminal as
soon as written; when it is buffered many characters are saved up and
written as a block. Fflush (see fclose(3)) may be used to force the
block out early.
SEE ALSO
fopen(3), fclose(3), getc(3), puts(3), printf(3), fread(3)
DIAGNOSTICS
These functions return the constant EOF upon error. In the case of
putw this indication is ambiguous; ferror(3) may be used to distin‐
guish.
BUGS
Because it is implemented as a macro, putc treats a stream argument
with side effects improperly. In particular ‘putc(c, *f++)' doesn't
work sensibly.
Errors can occur long after the call to putc.
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