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Item Value Header filestdio.h Declarationsize_t fread(void *buf, size_t size, size_t count, FILE *stream); Functionreads count number of objects by size and stores them in *buf. Returnreturns the number of items actually read. Use feof() to determine the end of file. Use ferror() to determine the error. #include <stdio.h>   #include <stdlib.h>   int main(void)   {     FILE *fp;     float bal[5] = { 1.1F, 2.2F, 3.3F, 4.4F, 5.5F };     int i;     if((fp=fopen("test", "wb"))==NULL) {       printf("Cannot open file.\n");       exit(1);     }     if(fwrite(bal, sizeof(float), 5, fp) != 5)       printf("File read error.");       fclose(fp);     if((fp=fopen("test", "rb"))==NULL) {       printf("Cannot open file.\n");       exit(1);     }     if(fread(bal, sizeof(float), 5, fp) != 5) {       if(feof(fp)) {          printf("Premature end of file.");       }else {          printf("File read error.");       }     }     fclose(fp);     for(i=0; i<5; i++){       printf("%f ", bal[i]);     }     return 0;   } 1.100000 2.200000 3.300000 4.400000 5.500000