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<pre class="c code c++" style="font-family:monospace;"> <span class="co2">#include &lt;cstdio&gt;</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> fgetc<span class="br0">&#40;</span> FILE <span class="sy0">*</span>stream <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></pre>
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The fgetc() function returns the next character from stream, or <acronym title="End of file">EOF</acronym> if the end
of file is reached or if there is an error.
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