Question

How to read the first 5 character from file in C

Answer 1

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
	const char* filename = "d:\\data.txt";

	FILE* fp = fopen(filename, "r");

	char ch;
	int i = 0;
	while ((ch = fgetc(fp)) != EOF) {
		putchar(ch);
		i++;
		if (i == 5) break;
	}

	fclose(fp);

	return 0;
}





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Answer 2

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
	const char* filename = "d:\\data.txt";

	FILE* fp = fopen(filename, "r");

	char ch;
	int counter = 5;
	while (fread(&ch, 1, 1, fp) != 0 && counter--) {
		putchar(ch);
	}

	fclose(fp);

	return 0;
}





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