NAME fgetline - read the next line from a file, newline is tossed SYNOPSIS fgetline(fd) TYPES fd file return str or nil DESCRIPTION This function reads the next line, including any trailing newline from the open file associated with fd. Unlike fgets, the trailing newline is removed from the return string. Empty lines return the null string. When the end of file is reached, fgetline returns the null value. (Note the distinction between a null string and a null value.) If the line contained a numeric value, then the 'eval' function can then be used to convert the string to a numeric value. If a line is read, is returned minus the trailing newline, otherwise (EOF or ERROR) nil is returned. EXAMPLE ; fd = fopen("/tmp/newfile", "w") ; fputs(fd, "chongo was here\n") ; fputs(fd, "123\n") ; fd2 = fopen("/tmp/newfile", "r") ; fgets(fd2) "chongo was here " ; fclose(fd2) ; fd2 = fopen("/tmp/newfile", "r") ; fgetline(fd2) "chongo was here" ; eval(fgetline(fd2)) 123 LIMITS fd must be associated with an open file LINK LIBRARY none SEE ALSO errno, fclose, feof, ferror, fflush, fgetc, fgetline, fgets, files, fopen, fprintf, fputc, fputs, fseek, fsize, ftell, isfile, printf, prompt ## Copyright (C) 1999 Landon Curt Noll ## ## Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under ## the terms of the version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License ## as published by the Free Software Foundation. ## ## Calc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY ## or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General ## Public License for more details. ## ## A copy of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License is ## distributed with calc under the filename COPYING-LGPL. You should have ## received a copy with calc; if not, write to Free Software Foundation, Inc. ## 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. ## ## Under source code control: 1995/03/04 11:33:19 ## File existed as early as: 1995 ## ## chongo /\oo/\ http://www.isthe.com/chongo/ ## Share and enjoy! :-) http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/