Header File 

stdio.h  

Category 

Input/output Routines 

Prototype 

int getc(FILE *stream); 

wint_t getwc(FILE *stream); 

Description 

Gets character from stream. 

getc returns the next character on the given input stream and increments the stream's file pointer to point to the next character.

On success, getc returns the character read, after converting it to an int without sign extension.  

On end-of-file or error, it returns EOF. 

Example  

#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
   char ch;
   printf("Input a character:");
/* read a character from the 
standard input stream */
   ch = getc(stdin);
   printf("The character input was: '%c'\n", ch);
   return 0;
}

Portability