What is getchar() function ? Whats its purpose?

Answer 1

Getchar () takes only 1 character at a time... and if u want to take multiple character u can use gets()

Answer 2

True DReaMs the main purpose of getchar is not holding the screen. It is just a side effect. The real use of it is to wait until user enters a char to the console and get/return it.

Answer 3

I think you are c student
In simple word getchar () is used to hold the screen

Answer 4

getchar(), as its name says, helps us to read a single character from the console. For example,

char foo = getchar();
putchar(foo); // puts the char on to the console

Note: You've to include <cstdio> (in C++) or <stdio.h> (in C) to use this function.

Answer 5

Seniru Pasan thanks to you
Actually I dont know all stuffs about c.
I am new to it.

Answer 6

It gives you one character as input from user.