puts, _putws

Writes a string to stdout.

Syntax

int puts(
   const char *str
);
int _putws(
   const wchar_t *str
);

Parameters

str
Output string.

Return value

Returns a nonnegative value if successful. If puts fails, it returns EOF; if _putws fails, it returns WEOF. If str is a null pointer, the invalid parameter handler is invoked, as described in Parameter validation. If execution is allowed to continue, the functions set errno to EINVAL and return EOF or WEOF.

For information on these and other error codes, see errno, _doserrno, _sys_errlist, and _sys_nerr.

Remarks

The puts function writes str to the standard output stream stdout, replacing the string's terminating null character ('\0') with a newline character ('\n') in the output stream.

_putws is the wide-character version of puts; the two functions behave identically if the stream is opened in ANSI mode. puts doesn't currently support output into a UNICODE stream.

_putwch writes Unicode characters using the current CONSOLE LOCALE setting.

By default, this function's global state is scoped to the application. To change this behavior, see Global state in the CRT.

Generic-text routine mappings

TCHAR.H routine	_UNICODE and _MBCS not defined	_MBCS defined	_UNICODE defined
_putts	puts	puts	_putws

Requirements

Routine	Required header
puts	<stdio.h>
_putws	<stdio.h>

The console isn't supported in Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps. The standard stream handles that are associated with the console, stdin, stdout, and stderr, must be redirected before C run-time functions can use them in UWP apps. For more compatibility information, see Compatibility.

Libraries

All versions of the C run-time libraries.

Example

// crt_puts.c
// This program uses puts to write a string to stdout.

#include <stdio.h>

int main( void )
{
   puts( "Hello world from puts!" );
}

Output

Hello world from puts!

See also

Stream I/O
fputs, fputws
fgets, fgetws