returned value from fget(filePointer) doesn't changed

Question

I try to extract a char by using unsigned char ch1 = fgetc(filePointer);, but the value that's returned is allways 255. Here's my code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include "anotherCFile.c"
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    int ch;
    FILE* filePointer;
    filePointer = fopen("text.txt", "w+");
    ch = fgetc(stdin);
    while (ch!=EOF) {
        fputc(ch, filePointer);
        ch = fgetc(stdin);
}
    unsigned char ch1 = fgetc(filePointer);
    fclose(filePointer);
    printf("%c", ch1);
    return 0;
}

For any input I've checked (s.a. ABC) the output is �. When I change the line printf("%c", ch1); to printf("%d", ch1); the output is always 255. I want to get the chars I've entered in the input.

(The text.txt file is created properly). Thanks.

Answer 1

At the time of unsigned char ch1 = fgetc(filePointer); filepointer points to EOF(-1) and in next statement you are printing ASCII value of that which is 255(bcz ch is declared as unsigned).

EOF defined as #define EOF (-1)

printf("%c\n,ch1); /* EOF is not printable char so it prints � */
printf("%d\n",ch1); /* fgetc() returns int, As char read is stored in a
                     variable of type int and that is EOF,and -1 
                     equivalent unsigned value is 255 */

I want to get the chars I've entered in the input. ? do rewind() or fseek() before reading.

 rewind(filepointer);/* this is required to get first char of file */
 unsigned char ch1 = fgetc(filePointer);
 fclose(filePointer);
 printf("%c", ch1);