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

Shugong Wang

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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Jacek Dziedzic

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

Raymond Martineau

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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