Re: HELP!! Two questions from <<the c programming language>>

Ian Collins <ian-news@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Tak wrote:
[...]
{
char c;

while ((c = getchar()) != EOF)
[snip]
I don't know whether it's right or not?

It looks OK, but have you tried it? It should be easy enough to test.

What type does getchar() return?

See also section 12 of the comp.lang.c FAQ, <http://www.c-faq.com/>.

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