C putchar() function

C library function - putchar()

The putchar() function is used to write a single character to the standard output stream, writes a single character to the standard output stream, stdout.

Syntax:

int putchar(int char)

Parameters:

Return value

• This function returns the character written as an unsigned char cast to an int or EOF on error.

Example 1: putchar() function

#include <stdio.h>

int main () {
   char C;

   for(C = 'A' ; C <= 'z' ; C++) {
      putchar(C);
   }
   
   return 0;
}

Output:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Example 2: putchar() function

Using the getchar() function, the following program reads characters into an array and prints them out using the putchar function once an end-of-file character is encountered.

#include <stdio.h>

 int main(void)
 {
   char text[500];
   int C, i, n = 0;
   printf("Input some characters:");
   printf("\nTo terminate press Ctrl+D on Unix/Linux terminals and Ctrl+Z in Windows console windows:\n");
   while ((C = getchar()) != EOF && n < 1000)
     text[n++] = C;
   printf("Write the said characters to the standard output:\n");	   
   for (i = 0; i < n; ++i)
     putchar(text[i]);
   putchar('\n');  
	
   return 0;
 }

Output:

Input some characters:
To terminate press Ctrl+D on Unix/Linux terminals and Ctrl+Z in Windows console windows:
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^Z
Write the said characters to the standard output:
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