Hello everyone. I'm creating a simple bingo game. After the board is
drawn on the screen, I try to get input from the user. If they enter an
'm', the application marks the random letter and number on the bingo
board. If they type 'b', the application checks for bingo... you get the
point.
Now, if no input is received within x seconds, I would like to go on
with the rest of my application (drawing another letter and number,
printing the board again, asking user what to do). However, I'm not sure
how to do this. Someone suggested I use getch() and call SIGALRM or
SIGINT. But how would I get out of the getch() then? I'm new to C and
confused on what to do. Any suggestions on what to do, that would be
greatly appreciated.
--
Patrick M.
/* EOF */
2  2060 
"Patrick M." <mc****@gmail.com> writes: Hello everyone. I'm creating a simple bingo game. After the board is
drawn on the screen, I try to get input from the user. If they enter
an 'm', the application marks the random letter and number on the
bingo board. If they type 'b', the application checks for bingo... you
get the point.
Now, if no input is received within x seconds, I would like to go on
with the rest of my application (drawing another letter and number,
printing the board again, asking user what to do). However, I'm not
sure how to do this. Someone suggested I use getch() and call SIGALRM
or SIGINT. But how would I get out of the getch() then? I'm new to C
and confused on what to do. Any suggestions on what to do, that would
be greatly appreciated.
The C FAQ is at <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/faq.html>.
You've asked question 19.2.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) ks***@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.
Keith Thompson wrote: "Patrick M." <mc****@gmail.com> writes: Hello everyone. I'm creating a simple bingo game. After the board is
drawn on the screen, I try to get input from the user. If they enter
an 'm', the application marks the random letter and number on the
bingo board. If they type 'b', the application checks for bingo... you
get the point.
Now, if no input is received within x seconds, I would like to go on
with the rest of my application (drawing another letter and number,
printing the board again, asking user what to do). However, I'm not
sure how to do this. Someone suggested I use getch() and call SIGALRM
or SIGINT. But how would I get out of the getch() then? I'm new to C
and confused on what to do. Any suggestions on what to do, that would
be greatly appreciated.
The C FAQ is at <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/faq.html>.
You've asked question 19.2.
Excellent! Thanks a lot. From now on I will refer to that website first.
Thanks for the prompt reply, though. I will try to do what is suggested
in there.
--
Patrick M.
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