Standard Library Functions in C

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puts() Function
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Description

The C library function, The puts( ) function writes the string pointed to by str to the standard output device. The function begins copying from the address specified (str) until it reaches the terminating null character ('\0'). This terminating null-character is not copied to the stream.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for puts() function.

int puts(const char *str)

Parameters

str - The string to write to stdout.

Return Value

The puts( ) function returns a nonnegative value if successful and an EOF upon failure.

Example

#include <stdio.h>

int main ()
{
  char string [] = "Hello!";
  puts (string);
}
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