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The getc function gets a single character from the keyboard or from a file

At EOF, getc returns a null string. getc(FILEHANDLE) getc FILEHANDLE getc # Getting only one character of input  print "Answer y or n   "; $answer=getc;     # Gets one character from stdin $restofit=<>;     # What remains in the input buffer is assigned to $restofit print "$answer\n"; print "The characters left in the input buffer were: $restofit\n";