Hi !

On Sep 28 15:30 95, Bill Patterson of 1:374/2528 wrote:

 BP> help!

 BP> I'm getting really REALLY frustrated with C Set ++. I need 
 BP> to detect a keypress, but none of the input routines will 
 BP> return untill a character and a return is entered. I 
 BP> currently need to detect a carriage return by itself, but 
 BP> will need to detect any key in the future for a "hotkeys" 
 BP> effect. I've tried everything including 
cin >>> setf(ios::unitbuf);
 BP> setbuf(stdin, NULL);

 BP> And more. Nothing will make cin.get() or getchar() or 
 BP> anything return to my code until a character and a return 
 BP> is entered. Help! I'm ready to through this damn compiler 
 BP> out the window!

Use the _kbhit() function. It's described in the C Library Reference.
IMNSHO, you'll need to be a bit more patient than that if you want to
success in programming.

Julien

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