Hi, I have the following problem:

[voidstar]

Hi, I have the following problem:

I use "getch" to monitor keypresses and the I use "cin" to input a
string.

When I type in 'y', the 'y' character appears, so I need to hit backspace
before typing the string.

c = getch();
cin >> str;

Please help me!
Thanks in advance
voidstar

[Alan Balmer]

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:31:37 GMT, voidstar <vo******@tin.it> wrote:

Hi, I have the following problem:

I use "getch" to monitor keypresses and the I use "cin" to input a
string.

When I type in 'y', the 'y' character appears, so I need to hit backspace
before typing the string.

c = getch();
cin >> str;

Please help me!
Thanks in advance
voidstar

Your problem here is that the first line is implementation-specific
and the second is C++. Neither is on topic in this group, which
discusses the Standard C language.

Try a newsgroup which deals with the platform you're writing for.

--
Al Balmer
Balmer Consulting
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[Gordon Burditt]

>Hi, I have the following problem:

I use "getch" to monitor keypresses and the I use "cin" to input a
string.
Since neither of these exist in C, you have a large problem. If
you want to write C, stop doing both of these things. C++ is
discussed in comp.lang.c++, next door.
When I type in 'y', the 'y' character appears, so I need to hit backspace
before typing the string.

Why?

Gordon L. Burditt

[Default User]

voidstar wrote:

Hi, I have the following problem:

I use "getch" to monitor keypresses
No such thing in C. It is an extension offered by some compilers. Please
find a newsgroup dedicated to your platform.
and the I use "cin" to input a
string.

That is a C++ construct. See comp.lang.c++.


Brian Rodenborn

[Malcolm]

"voidstar" <vo******@tin.it> wrote in message

I use "getch" to monitor keypresses and the I use "cin" to input a
string.

When I type in 'y', the 'y' character appears, so I need to hit backspace
before typing the string.

c = getch();
cin >> str;

cin is a sin on comp.lang.c.

You cannot monitor keypresses in ANSI C. All input comes in lines fed into
stdin by the user.

I would suggest that you look at scanf() and fgets() and learn how to handle
C IO. Then go onto C++ streams, which are arguably easier to use but do a
lot more work behind your back.