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Synopsis:
    #include <stdio.h>
    int getchar( void );
    #include <wchar.h>
    wint_t getwchar( void );

Description:
    The getchar function is equivalent to  getc with the argument  stdin.

    The getwchar function is similar to getchar except that it is equivalent
    to  getwc with the argument  stdin.

Returns:
    The getchar function returns the next character from the input stream
    pointed to by  stdin.  If the stream is at end-of-file, the end-of-file
    indicator is set and getchar returns  EOF.  If a read error occurs, the
    error indicator is set and getchar returns  EOF.

    The getwchar function returns the next wide character from the input
    stream pointed to by  stdin.  If the stream is at end-of-file, the
    end-of-file indicator is set and getchar returns  WEOF.  If a read error
    occurs, the error indicator is set and getchar returns  WEOF.  If an
    encoding error occurs,  errno is set to  EILSEQ and getchar returns
     WEOF.

    When an error has occurred,  errno contains a value indicating the type
    of error that has been detected.

Example:
    #include <stdio.h>

    void main()
      {
        FILE *fp;
        int c;

        fp = freopen( "file", "r", stdin );
        while( (c = getchar()) != EOF )
          putchar(c);
        fclose( fp );
      }

Classification:
    getchar is ANSI, getwchar is ANSI

Systems:
     getchar - All, Netware

    getwchar - All

See Also:
    fgetc, fgetchar, fgets, fopen, getc, gets, ungetc