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^Z character is written to the file or not?

I am writing text to a file using the following program.

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
int main()
{
    int ch;
    FILE *fp;
    fp = fopen("myfile.txt", "w");

    if(fp == NULL)
    {
        printf("Error opening file\n");
        exit(1);
    }

    printf("Press Ctrl+D to stop \n\n");

    printf("Enter text: ");

    while( (ch=getchar()) != EOF )
    {
        fputc(ch, fp);
    }

    fclose(fp);

}

Let's say the input is:

Press Ctrl+D to stop \n\n

Enter text: this is a test
^Z

My question is the end of file character (ASCII value 26) will be written to the file or not ?

Solution

  • I verified using a hex editor in Windows ^Z character is not written to the file.