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NAME
       getchar — get a byte from a stdin stream


SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdio.h>

       int getchar(void);


DESCRIPTION
       The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any
       conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is  unintentional.
       This volume of POSIX.1‐2008 defers to the ISO C standard.

       The getchar() function shall be equivalent to getc(stdin).


RETURN VALUE
       Refer to fgetc().


ERRORS
       Refer to fgetc().

       The following sections are informative.


EXAMPLES
       None.


APPLICATION USAGE
       If the integer value returned by getchar() is stored into a variable of type char and then
       compared against the integer constant EOF, the comparison may never succeed, because sign-
       extension of a variable of type char on widening to integer is implementation-defined.


RATIONALE
       None.


FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.


SEE ALSO
       Section 2.5, Standard I/O Streams, getc()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <stdio.h>


COPYRIGHT
       Portions  of  this  text  are  reprinted  and  reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std
       1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System
       Interface  (POSIX),  The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc  and  The  Open  Group.   (This  is
       POSIX.1-2008  with  the  2013  Technical  Corrigendum  1  applied.)  In  the  event of any
       discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open  Group  Standard,  the
       original  IEEE  and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard
       can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .

       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most  likely  to  have
       been  introduced  during  the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report
       such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .