Thursday 30 May 2019

c - feof(in) != EOF doesn't make while loop stop when at the end of file?

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int main ()

{
FILE *in;
in = fopen("input.txt","r");
char c = fgetc(in);
while(feof(in) != EOF)
{
printf("%c",c);
c = fgetc(in);
}
}



feof(in) != EOF doesn't stop the while loop from stopping but something like !feof(in) seems to work. Any ideas?


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feof doesn't return EOF on end of file; it returns true, which is not equal to EOF.



fgetc will return EOF when it hits end-of-file. Your code should be written as



int main ()
{

FILE *in;
in = fopen("input.txt","r");
int c = fgetc(in); // note int not char
while(c != EOF) // compare c to EOF
{
printf("%c",c);
c = fgetc(in);
}
}



You should not use feof as a loop condition, as it won't return true until after you attempt to read past the end of the file, meaning your loop will execute once too often.


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