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getchar () yoix.stdio
 
Returns an integer that represents the next character read from the standard input stream stdin, or -1 at the end-of-stream or when an error occurs.
 
 Example:   The program,
import yoix.stdio.*;

int  ch;

while ((ch = getchar()) != -1)
    putchar(ch);
copies standard input to standard output one character at a time, so it is very slow. There is another way to do exactly the same thing that is a bit faster because it avoids the overhead involved in calling built-ins. Run
int     ch;

while ((ch = stdin.nextchar) != -1)
    stdout.nextchar = ch;
and you will copy standard input to standard output one character at a time. You will find more details in our discussion of the Stream type.
 
 Return:   int
 
 See Also:   getc, putc, putchar, ungetc

 

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