size_t fread( void *buf, size_t size, size_t n, FILE *stream )

void  *buf;         /* address of data buffer */

size_t size;        /* size of each buffer element */

size_t n;           /* number of buffer elements */

FILE  *stream;      /* input stream */

Synopsis

#include "stdio.h"

The fread function reads n objects, each of size size bytes from the file associated with fp , and stores them in the buffer pointed to by buf .

Parameters

buf is the address of the buffer to receive the data, and should be at least size * n bytes in length. size and n are integers. stream is a stream pointer, open for input.

Return Value

fread returns the actual number of objects read, which will be less than or equal to n .

See Also

fgets , fwrite