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Started by Beowulf_ November 10, 2002 04:20 PM

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Beowulf_

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November 10, 2002 04:20 PM

Hi, I''m working on programming my first c++ console game, and there are alot of things I''d like to be able to do, but I''m not sure how. For example: -I want to be able to prompt the user for a single char, and then once they press a key, read the char and continue, as opposed to waiting for them to press enter. -On a very related note, I want to have a "press any key to continue" command. Anyone know how to do this, or a good tutorial?

Cherub

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November 10, 2002 04:33 PM

Well... as you''re using c++, here is a reeeeeeeaaaaalllllyyyy simple program that combines those two things:

  #include <iostream.h>#include <conio.h>void main(){	char c1;	cout << "Char -> ";	cin >> c1;	cout << "Char was " << c1 << endl;	cout << "Press any key to continue..." << endl;	getch();	cout << "Finish...Bye...";}

if you''re looking for tutorials, there''s nothing a search with google can''t solve:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=c%2B%2B+tutorial

Bye

Fruny

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November 10, 2002 04:40 PM

a) It depends on your platform - C++ has no notion of keyboard or console, only streams, and the standard behaviour of the run-time library is to wait for a carriage return before providing the data to the streams.

b) On MS platforms, look at the conio.h header. On Unix platform, look at the ncurses.h header.

c) Don''t ever use <iostream.h> - despite the fact that many C++ books use it, it is not a C++ header. Use <iostream>

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Beowulf_

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November 10, 2002 05:18 PM

Hey thanks for the help, one problem though.

When I use the getch() command, it makes the screen go blank. When a key is pressed, everything re-appears.