DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name :M.Subramanyam
Designation :Senior Lecturer
Branch :Computer Engg.
Institute :Q.Q.Govt.Polytechnic,Hyderabad.
Year/Semester :III Semester
Subject :UNIX & C
Subject Code :CM-304
Topic :Files
Duration :50 Min
Sub Topic :File I/O functions
Teaching Aids :PPTs, Animations
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 Recap

 Explain how to create a file or opening a file.

 Explain how to close a file.
 What are the different file modes?
 What are the different file I/O functions?
 What is the use of feof()?

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 Objectives

On completion of this period, you would be able

to know …

 Read character data from file or write to file.

 Read integer data from file or write to file.

 Read strings from file or write to file.

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 Character file I/O

 fgetc(): To read a character from the file.

 Syntax: char fgetc (FILE *);
Example:
 char ch;
 FILE *fp;
 ch=fgetc(fp);
 get a character from the file pointed by fp into
the variable ch.

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 Character file I/O
Contd..
 fputc(): To write a character into the file.
 Syntax:int fputc (char, FILE *);
Example
 char ch;
 FILE *fp;
 fputc(ch,fp);
 Put the content of the variable ch into the file
pointed by fp.

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Ex1:

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Example2

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 Integer file I/O
 getw() :To read integer values from the file
 Syntax:int getw (FILE *);
Example:
 int n;
 FILE *fp;
 n=getw(fp);
 get an integer value from the file pointed by fp
into the variable n.

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 Integer file I/O

 putw() :To write integer values into the file

 Syntax:int putw (n,FILE *);
Example
 int n;
 FILE *fp;
 putw(n,fp);
 put the content of n into the file pointed by fp.

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 Example:

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 String File I/O
 fgets(): To read a string from a file.
 Syntax:
 char * fgets(char [], int, FILE *);
Example:
 char * fgets(a, n, fp);
 a is a character array.
 n is no. of characters to be read.
 fp-file pointer of type FILE.

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Example

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 Example
 fputs(): To write a string into the file.
 Syntax
 int fputs(char [], FILE *);
Example:
 char a[25];
 FILE *fp;
 int fputs(a,fp);
 a is a character array.
 fp-file pointer of type FILE.
 Writes string ‘a’ into file.
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Example

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 Summary

In this period, you have learnt about …

 Different file I/O functions.
 The fgetc() reads character data from the file.
 The fputc() writes character data into the file.
 The getw() reads interger values from the file.
 The putw() writes integer values into the file.
 The fgets() reads string from the file.
 The fputs() writes string into the file.

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 Quiz

1)The function used for writing a character to a

file is
a)fgetc()
b)fputs()
c)fputc()
d)none

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 Quiz

1)The function used for writing a character to a

file is
a)fgetc()
b)fputs()
c)fputc()
d)none

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 Quiz

2)Which of the following function is used to read

string from the file.
a)fgetc()
b)fputs()
c)fgets()
d)none

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 Quiz

2)Which of the following function is used to read

string from the file.
a)fgetc()
b)fputs()
c)fgets()
d)none

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 Frequently Asked Questions

1. Explain character file I/O functions with their

syntax.
2. Explain integer file I/O functions with their
syntax.
3. Explain string file I/O functions with their
syntax.

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