How EOF works in C?

Question

Below is a sample code

while ((c = getchar()) != EOF) 
{ 
      putchar(c);  
}

I can understand most of the part but not that EOF (End of file).

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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 30 '14 at 15:20

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It's easy. The EOF is a constant equal to -1 which is returned by getchar() when the standard input has reached the and and cannot give you many more characters.

answered Mar 30 '14 at 15:20

Pavel Šimerda

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