C++ Programming/Code/Standard C Library/Functions/gets

gets

Syntax

#include <cstdio>
char *gets( char *str );

The gets() function reads characters from stdin and loads them into str, until a newline or EOF is reached. The newline character is translated into a null termination. The return value of gets() is the read-in string, or NULL if there is an error.

Note:
gets() does not perform bounds checking, and thus risks overrunning str. For a similar (and safer) function that includes bounds checking, see fgets().

Related topics: fgetc - fgets - fputs - puts