fread

Syntax

#include <stdio.h> size_t fread(void *buffer, size_t size, size_t number, FILE *file);

Description

This function reads size*number characters from file to buffer.

Return Value

The number of items of size size read, or less if there was an error.

Portability

ANSI/ISO C	C89; C99
POSIX	1003.2-1992; 1003.1-2001

Example

int foo[10]; fread(foo, sizeof(int), 10, stdin);