* In a message originally to Murray Lesser, Bill Patterson writes:

 ML> Excerpted from message dated 09-28-95, Bill Patterson to All:
 ML> 
 ML> BP>help!
 ML> 
 ML> BP>I'm getting really REALLY frustrated with C Set ++. I need to detect
 ML>   >a keypress, but none of the input routines will return untill a
 ML>   >character and a return is entered. I currently need to detect a
 ML>   >carriage return by itself, but will need to detect any key in the
 ML>   >future for a "hotkeys" effect. I've tried everything...
 ML> 
 ML> Bill--
 ML> 
 ML>     IBM C Set++ has the same  non-ANSI I/O functions as all
 ML> other C compilers I am familiar with.  However, C Set++ is a little more
 ML> ANSI-compliant than many other compilers.  In accordance with the
 ML> standard, non-ANSI library functions have an underscore as the leading
 ML> symbol in the function name.
 ML> 
 ML>     _kbhit() returns a nonzero value if there is anything waiting in the
 ML> session's logical type-ahead buffer; it returns a zero if the buffer is
 ML> empty.  _getch() returns the first character (waiting until one appears
 ML> if necessary) without echoing that character to the screen.  (_getch()
 ML> will not read Ctrl-Brk.)  For example: if (_kbhit()) ch = _getch();
 ML> 
 ML>     See _kbhit() and _getch() in the C Set++ manual: "C Library
 ML> Reference" for further details.
 ML> 
 ML>     Hope this helps.
 ML> 
 ML>           --Murray
 ML> 
 ML> ___
 ML>  * MR/2 2.25 #120 * One printed manual is worth a thousand INF files
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Thanks man!

Bill


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