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I am curios is there a way to do input with a single keypress in C++ or
using a standard library? Basically if I want a menu to pop up and you
choose 1-6 but you don't have to hit enter.

Is this possible?

Jul 23 '05 #1
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enki wrote:
I am curios is there a way to do input with a single keypress in C++ or
using a standard library? Basically if I want a menu to pop up and you
choose 1-6 but you don't have to hit enter.

Is this possible?


You may have a header file <conio.h>. If so, it will have a platform
specific getch() method, and maybe a getche().

Welcome to C++ - this question is platform specific. Not all C++
implementations have <conio.h>, because C++ needs a narrow definition to fit
in the widest number of appliances. So ask questions about conio.h on a
newsgroup that covers your specific compiler for best results.

--
Phlip
http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand
Jul 23 '05 #2
>I am curios is there a way to do input with a single keypress in C++ or
using a standard library? Basically if I want a menu to pop up and you
choose 1-6 but you don't have to hit enter.

Is this possible?


Yes, but ... NOT with standard C++ discussed here.

Standard C++ knows nothing about "clearing the screen", "keypresses ",
"changing colours", "setting text cursors".
For any of those, your program has to call OS-specific functions. So you
need to find a newsgroup specific to programming your OS as they can't be
done with facilities offered by standard C++.

Stephen Howe
Jul 23 '05 #3
enki wrote:
I am curios is there a way to do input with a single keypress in C++ or
using a standard library?


No. There are system specific libraries that offer this on many systems, but
the standard library doesn't.

Jul 23 '05 #4

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