Read From a File in C
In C, we can read files using functions provided by the standard library such as fopen(), fgetc(), fgets(), and fread().
Steps To Read A File:
- Open a file using the function fopen() and store the reference of the file in a FILE pointer.
- Read contents of the file using any of these functions fgetc(), fgets(), fscanf(), or fread().
- File close the file using the function fclose().
Lets try to read contents of the file test.txt that contains following content
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How to Read From a File in C?
File handing in C is the process in which we create, open, read, write, and close operations on a file. C language provides different functions such as fopen(), fwrite(), fread(), fseek(), fprintf(), etc. to perform input, output, and many different C file operations in our program.
In this article, we will explore how to read from a file in C using standard library functions.