Character Input / Output

This is the lowest level of input and output. It provides very precise control, but is usually too fiddly to be useful. Most computers perform buffering of input and output. This means that they'll not start reading any input until the return key is pressed, and they'll not print characters on the terminal until there is a whole line to be printed.

• getchar
• putchar

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