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+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/**
+ * _putchar - writes the character c to stdout
+ * @c: The character to print
+ * Return: 1 on SUCCESS,
+ *	   -1 on error and errno is set appropriately.
+ */
+int _putchar(char c)
+{
+	return (write(1, &c, 1));
+}