fwrite
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Defined in header
<stdio.h>
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Writes count
of objects in the given array buffer
to the output stream stream
. Objects are not interpreted in any way.
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[edit] Parameters
buffer | - | pointer to the first object object in the array to be written |
size | - | size of each object |
count | - | the number of the objects to be written |
stream | - | pointer to the output stream |
[edit] Return value
The number of objects written successfully.
[edit] Example
fwrite with error checking
Run this code
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main(void) { // write buffer to file FILE *f1; char buffer[] = { 'x' , 'y' , 'z' }; f1 = fopen("file.bin", "wb"); int ret_code = fwrite(buffer, sizeof(char), sizeof(buffer), f1); if (ret_code < (int)sizeof(buffer)) if (ferror(f1)) { perror("fwrite()"); fprintf(stderr,"fwrite() failed in file %s at line # %d\n", __FILE__,__LINE__-5); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } fclose(f1); // read the same data and print it to the standard output FILE *f2; char rbuf[10]; f2 = fopen("file.bin", "rb"); const char* res = fgets(rbuf, sizeof(rbuf), f2); fclose(f2); if (res) { // points to rbuf on read success, NULL on failure puts(res); } return EXIT_SUCCESS; }
Output:
xyz
[edit] See also
prints formatted output to stdout, a file stream or a buffer (function) |
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writes a character string to a file stream (function) |
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reads from a file (function) |
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C++ documentation for fwrite
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