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How to realize a getch function in standard C/C++

getch() function is not a standard C/C++ function. Thought gcc provieds
ncurses.h and a getch() function is realized, I still want to know how to
realize a getch() function in standard c or c++.
Jul 22 '05 #1
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Shugong Wang wrote:
getch() function is not a standard C/C++ function. Thought gcc provieds
ncurses.h and a getch() function is realized, I still want to know how to
realize a getch() function in standard c or c++.


You can't.
See
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lit...html#faq-15.17

HTH,
- J.
Jul 22 '05 #2
On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:18:42 +0800, "Shugong Wang" <wa****@lzb.ac. cn>
wrote:
getch() function is not a standard C/C++ function. Thought gcc provieds
ncurses.h and a getch() function is realized, I still want to know how to
realize a getch() function in standard c or c++.


There is no standard way of doing this in C or C++. The only proper method
is to use is third-party libraries, such as ncurses or pdcurses.

You might be able to use getchar(), or retrieve a character from cin, but
that's about it for the standard.

Jul 22 '05 #3

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