Re: removing newline character from the buffer read by fgets

In article <1164682990.902780.19980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
junky_fellow@xxxxxxxxxxx <junky_fellow@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there any efficcient way of removing the newline character from the
buffer read by
fgets() ?

Is there any library function that is similar to fgets() but also tells
how many
bytes it read into the buffer ?

fgets() terminates the string with the null character, so you can
simply use something along the lines of

/* code fragment follows, not intended as standalone routine */

fgetsresult = fgets( outbuffer, sizeof(outbuffer)-1, stream);
if (fgetsresult == NULL) {
/* handling for no string available */
} else {
size_t newbuflen = strlen(outbuffer);
if (outbuffer[newbuflen - 1] == '\n') outbuffer[newbuflen - 1] = '\0';
}
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