looking for a combi function of kbhit() and getch()

[vivicio047]

please help me !
1) i m trying to move a character using the arrow key, but dont know how to scan the arrow key.
2) form a while(1) loop i have to break, when a key is pressed(cant use getch() as the while loop should break only on pressing a key and should not wait for a user i/p all the time in the loop), and also know the what key was pressed. how do i achieve this?

[Banfa]

Understanding that this is platform specific to Windows,

char c;
 
for(;;)
{
    if (_kbhit() != 0)
    {
        c = (char)_getch();
 
        if (c==0 || c==0xE0)
        {
            c = (char)_getch();
            // Handle arrow key hit c
        }
        else
        {
            // Handle normal key hit c
        }
    }
}
 

[MirceaMirea]

vivicio047,

You should consider that several keys (F1,...F12, arrow keys) will produce two bytes, not one. The first of these 2 bytes is 0x00, the second is key specific.
In case a call of getch function produces 0x00, a second call a second call of getch is necessary.