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non-delay mode read from cin

I am trying to do non-delay mode read from cin, i.e.
char ch;
...
while( cin.getch(ch) )
{
...
}
I want getch to return whenever there is a char typed (not wait till
a newline is seen).

How do I do this? I am using linux if it matters.

thanks,

----RICH
Jul 22 '05 #1
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"richard" <by****@sbcglob al.net> wrote in message
news:pa******** *************** ****@sbcglobal. net...
I am trying to do non-delay mode read from cin, i.e.
char ch;
...
while( cin.getch(ch) )
{
...
}
I want getch to return whenever there is a char typed (not wait till
a newline is seen).

How do I do this? I am using linux if it matters.


It's impossible in standard C or C++. The C FAQ is good on this topic, it
applies equally to C++.

http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q19.1.html

john


Jul 22 '05 #2

"richard" <by****@sbcglob al.net> wrote in message
news:pa******** *************** ****@sbcglobal. net...
I am trying to do non-delay mode read from cin, i.e.
char ch;
...
while( cin.getch(ch) )
'cin' does not have a member function 'getch()'.

It does have two members which extract a single character
(overloads of 'get()').

{
...
}
I want getch to return whenever there is a char typed (not wait till
a newline is seen).
Not possible with standard C++.

How do I do this? I am using linux if it matters.


Try looking at your implementation' s documentation to see
if there's a platform-specific extension offered for this.

-Mike
Jul 22 '05 #3
"richard" <by****@sbcglob al.net> wrote in message news:<pa******* *************** *****@sbcglobal .net>...
I am trying to do non-delay mode read from cin, i.e.
char ch;
...
while( cin.getch(ch) )
{
...
}
I want getch to return whenever there is a char typed (not wait till
a newline is seen).

How do I do this? I am using linux if it matters.

thanks,

----RICH


Not possible in standard C++. Since you are using linux, check out the
GNU readline library.

-Arijit
Jul 22 '05 #4

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