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This document lists C standard library functions organized by header file, including their syntax, purpose, and a brief description. It includes common mathematical functions like abs, log, and sqrt, string functions like strcat and strcmp, I/O functions like fopen and fprintf, memory allocation functions like malloc and free, and character testing and conversion functions like isdigit and tolower.

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Functions List

This document lists C standard library functions organized by header file, including their syntax, purpose, and a brief description. It includes common mathematical functions like abs, log, and sqrt, string functions like strcat and strcmp, I/O functions like fopen and fprintf, memory allocation functions like malloc and free, and character testing and conversion functions like isdigit and tolower.

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Function Header File Syntax Purpose

abs stdlib.h int abs(int n); Calculates the absolute value of an


integer argument n.
log math.h double log(double x); Calculates the natural logarithm of x.
log10 math.h double log10(double x); Calculates the base 10 logarithm of x.
pow math.h double pow(double x, double y); Calculates the value x to the power y.
sqrt math.h double sqrt(double x); Calculates the square root of x.
cos math.h double cos(double x); Calculates the cosine of x.
atof stdlib.h double atof(const char *string); Converts string to a double-precision
floating-point value.
atoi stdlib.h int atoi(const char *string); Converts string to an integer.
atol stdlib.h long int atol(const char *string); Converts string to a long integer.
isalnum ctype.h int isalnum(int c); Tests if c is alphanumeric.
isdigit ctype.h int isdigit(int c); Tests if c is a decimal digit.
islower ctype.h int islower(int c); Tests if c is a lowercase letter.
isspace ctype.h int isspace(int c); Tests if c is a whitespace character.
isupper ctype.h int isupper(int c); Tests if c is an uppercase letter.
tolower ctype.h int tolower(int c); Converts c to lowercase.
toupper ctype.h int toupper(int c); Converts c to uppercase.
strcat string.h char *strcat(char *string1, const Concatenates string2 to string1.
char *string2);
strchr string.h char *strchr(const char *string, Locates the first occurrence of c in string.
int c);
strcmp string.h int strcmp(const char *string1, Compares the value of string1 to string2.
const char *string2);
strcpy string.h char *strcpy(char *string1, const Copies string2 into string1.
char *string2);
strlen string.h size_t strlen(const char *string); Calculates the length of string.
fclose stdio.h int fclose(FILE *stream); Closes the specified stream.
feof stdio.h int feof(FILE *stream); Tests whether the end-of-file flag is set
for a given stream.
fgetc stdio.h int fgetc(FILE *stream); Reads a single unsigned character from
the input stream.
fgets1 stdio.h char *fgets(char *string, int n, Reads a string from the input stream.
FILE *stream);
fopen stdio.h FILE *fopen(const char Opens the specified file.
*filename, const char *mode);
fprintf stdio.h int fprintf(FILE *stream, const Formats and prints characters and values
char *format-string, arg-list); to the output stream.
fputc1 stdio.h int fputc(int c, FILE *stream); Prints a character to the output stream.
fputs stdio.h int fputs(const char *string, Copies a string to the output stream.
FILE *stream);
fscanf stdio.h int fscanf(FILE *stream, const Reads data from stream into locations
char *format-string, arg-list); given by arg-list.
fseek stdio.h int fseek(FILE *stream, long Changes the current file position
int offset, int origin); associated with stream to a new location.
ftell stdio.h long int ftell(FILE *stream); Gets the current position of the file
pointer.
gets stdio.h char *gets(char *buffer); Reads a string from stdin, and stores it
in buffer.
getc stdio.h int getc(FILE *stream); Reads a single character from the
input stream.
putc stdio.h int putc(int c, FILE *stream); Prints c to the output stream.
calloc stdlib.h void *calloc(size_t num, Reserves storage space for an array
size_t size); of numelements, each of size size, and
initializes the values of all elements to 0.
free stdlib.h void free(void *ptr); Frees a block of storage.
malloc stdlib.h void *malloc(size_t size); Reserves a block of storage.
realloc stdlib.h void *realloc(void *ptr, Changes the size of a previously reserved
size_t size); storage block.

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