function

fputs

<cstdio>
int fputs ( const char * str, FILE * stream );
Write string to stream
Writes the string pointed by str to the stream.
The function begins copying from the address specified (str) until it reaches the terminating null character ('\0'). This final null-character is not copied to the stream.

Parameters

str
An array containing the null-terminated sequence of characters to be written.
stream
Pointer to a FILE object that identifies the stream where the string is to be written.

Return Value

On success, a non-negative value is returned.
On error, the function returns EOF.

Example

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/* fputs example */
#include <stdio.h>

int main ()
{
   FILE * pFile;
   char sentence [256];

   printf ("Enter sentence to append: ");
   fgets (sentence,255,stdin);
   pFile = fopen ("mylog.txt","a");
   fputs (sentence,pFile);
   fclose (pFile);
   return 0;
}


This program allows to append a line to a file called mylog.txt each time it is run.

See also

puts
Write string to stdout (function)
fgets
Get string from stream (function )
fputc
Write character to stream (function)
fprintf
Write formatted output to stream (function )
fwrite
Write block of data to stream (function)