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How to get and unget input from streams in C (getstring, fgetc, ungetc).

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How to get and unget input from streams in C (getstring, fgetc, ungetc) // Reading a line from a file or stdin seems super basic, but a lot of students get hung up in the details. This video shows you how to get input from a stream, file, or pipe, using fgetc and ungetc to make your own function like the getstring function in Harvard’s CS50 course.

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