# clearerr

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< c‎ | io

Defined in header `<stdio.h>` |  |
void clearerr( FILE *stream ); |  |

Resets the error flags and the `EOF` indicator for the given file stream.

### Parameters

stream | - | the file to reset the error flags for

### Return value

(none)

### Example

Run this code

    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <assert.h>

    int main(void)
    {
        FILE* tmpf = tmpfile();
        fputs("cppreference.com\n", tmpf);
        rewind(tmpf);

        for (int ch; (ch = fgetc(tmpf)) != EOF; putchar(ch)) { }

        assert(feof(tmpf)); // the loop is expected to terminate by EOF
        puts("End of file reached");

        clearerr(tmpf); // clear EOF

        puts(feof(tmpf) ? "EOF indicator set"
                        : "EOF indicator cleared");
    }

Output:

    cppreference.com
    End of file reached
    EOF indicator cleared

### References

- C17 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2018):

  - 7.21.10.1 The clearerr function (p: 246)

- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

  - 7.21.10.1 The clearerr function (p: 338)

- C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):

  - 7.19.10.1 The clearerr function (p: 304)

- C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):

  - 4.9.10.1 The clearerr function

### See also

feof | checks for the end-of-file (function)
perror | displays a character string corresponding of the current error to stderr (function)
ferror | checks for a file error (function)

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