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UNGETC(3S)

NAME

ungetc − push character back into input stream

USAGE

#include <stdio.h>

ungetc(c, stream)
FILE *stream;

DESCRIPTION

Ungetc pushes the character c back on an input stream.  That character will be returned by the next getc call on that stream.  Ungetc returns c. 

One character of pushback is guaranteed, provided that something has been read from the stream and the stream is actually buffered.  Attempts to push EOF are rejected. 

Fseek(3S) erases all memory of pushed back characters. 

DIAGNOSTICS

Ungetc returns EOF if it can’t push a character back. 

RELATED INFORMATION

getc(3S), setbuf(3S), fseek(3S)

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