File reading can be tricky for an amateur programmer; however, C++ has made it easier with the `fgets()` function that allows files to be read.

# Syntax

**`fgets()`** takes *three* parameters that are defined when the function is called. The following code explains how the function is declared:

```C++
char *fgets(char *string, int size, FILE *filePointer)
``` 

## Parameters

* **string**: the target character array where the file data is read and stored.
* **size**: the amount of characters we want to read in the file.
* **filePointer**: points to the file being read.

# Code

The following code reads a file named `"file.txt"` up to 10 characters and stores it in string `s`. `file.txt` has a string of *i love educative and programming*, but string `s` only reads the first 10 characters.

#include <stdio.h> 
int main() 
{ 
    int size = 10;
    char s [size];
    FILE * filePointer;
    filePointer = fopen("file.txt" , "r");
    fgets(s, size, filePointer); 
    printf("string is: %s\n", s);
} 

fgets() in C

fgets() reads a specified number of characters from a file into a string in C.