fwrite() Function in C

Syntax of fwrite() Function in C

Parameters of fwrite() Function in C

The function fwrite in C receives 4 parameters

• ptr : pointer to the block of memory or the array from where the elements are to be copied
• size : size of each element in bytes which are to be written
• count : specifies the number of elements that are to be written
• stream : pointer to a FILE object, where the data read will be written

Return Value of fwrite() Function in C

The function fwrite in C returns an int value, more precisely a size_t value, which in turn is an integral data type, Here the function returns the number of elements, which are successfully written to the FILE object, it is generally equal to the value of the count parameter, but there can be possible cases, where some error has occurred while writing the data into the file, and then, in that case, the value returned can be less than the value of count as well.

If in the function call, the value of size or count are passed as 0, then the function fwrite() returns 0 and performs no other proceeding action

Example

In the below example, we will be writing a character array into a file using the function fwrite in C.

After successful execution of the above code

The file will contain the following data

Exceptions of fwrite() Function in C

There are as such no particular exceptions to the function fwrite in C.

What is fwrite() Function in C?

The function fwrite() is a standard library function in C language that is used to write a block of data from the memory into a file. It takes four compulsory parameters - a pointer to the block of memory from where the data is to be copied, the size of each data element in bytes, a count of the number of elements to write, and a pointer to the FILE object where the read data will be written. The function writes into the file up to the count number of elements, from the pointer or memory location specified to the provided file stream.

fwrite() is generally used to write binary data into a file, but we can use it with text mode as well.

More Examples

1. Writing a Variable into a File Using fwrite() Function in C

In the below example, we will be writing a variable into a file using the fwrite() function

After successful execution of the above code

The file will contain the following data

The reason for the above result ie. the written data is the alphabet A instead of the integer 65 is the ASCII value of the variable num, as the function fwrite() operates binarily, hence the integer data 65 is implicitly mapped with its respective ASCII value which is the alphabet A and therefore we get the above result.

2. Writing an Array into a File Using the fwrite() Function in C

In the below example, we will be writing an integer array into a file using the fwrite() function

After successful execution of the above code

The file will contain the following data

3. Writing a Structure into a File Using fwrite() Function in C

In the below example, we will be writing a structure variable into a file using the fwrite() function.

Output

After successful execution of the above code

The file will contain the following data

4. Writing an Array of Structures into a File Using the fwrite() Function in C

In the below example, we will be writing an array of structures into a file using the function fwrite in c

After successful execution of the above code

The file will contain the following data