C feof() function
C library function - feof()
The feof() function indicates whether the end-of-file flag is set for the given stream.
Syntax:
int feof(FILE *stream)
feof() Parameters:
| Name | Description | Required /Optional | 
|---|---|---|
| stream | Identifies an address for a file descriptor, which is an area of memory associated with an input or output stream. | Required | 
Return value from feof()
- The feof() function shall return non-zero if and only if the end-of-file indicator is set for stream.
 
Example: feof() function
This example read a text file until it reads an end-of-file character.
#include <stdio.h>
int main () {
   FILE *fp;
   int c;
  
   fp = fopen("file.txt","r");
   if(fp == NULL) {
      perror("Error in opening file");
      return(-1);
   }
   
   while(1) {
      c = fgetc(fp);
      if( feof(fp) ) { 
         break ;
      }
      printf("%c", c);
   }
   fclose(fp);
   
   return(0);
}
Output:
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