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	press any key to continue Hi, I would like to emulate at the end of a page, the line that you find on the dos window at the end of a program 'press any key to continue'. when I use getchar() I need also to press  on enter to continue. How can I remedy to this? Thanks Philippe
Sun, 16 Feb 2003 03:00:00 GMT
Joona I Palast #2 / 11	press any key to continue : Hi, : I would like to emulate at the end of a page, the line that you find on : the dos window at the end of a program 'press any key to continue'. : when I use getchar() I need also to press  on enter to continue. : How can I remedy to this? By using system-specific extensions. The C standard only specifies buffered IO. -- | Kingpriest of "The Flying Lemon Tree" G++ FR FW+ M- #80 D+ ADA N+++ | | http://www.helsinki.fi/~palaste       W++ B OP+                     | \----------------------------------------- Finland rules! ------------/ "Remember: There are only three kinds of people - those who can count and those who can't." - Vampyra
Mon, 17 Feb 2003 03:00:00 GMT
Richard Heathfiel #3 / 11	press any key to continue Quote: > Hi, > I would like to emulate at the end of a page, the line that you find on > the dos window at the end of a program 'press any key to continue'. > when I use getchar() I need also to press  on enter to continue. > How can I remedy to this? Change your message to "press ENTER to continue", or use non-standard extensions provided by your compiler. -- Richard Heathfield "Usenet is a strange place." - Dennis M Ritchie, 29 July 1999. C FAQ: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html 65 K&R Answers: http://users.powernet.co.uk/eton/kandr2/index.html (32 to go)
Mon, 17 Feb 2003 03:00:00 GMT
Z #4 / 11	press any key to continue Quote: > Hi, > I would like to emulate at the end of a page, the line that you find on > the dos window at the end of a program 'press any key to continue'. > when I use getchar() I need also to press  on enter to continue. > How can I remedy to this? > Thanks > Philippe Hello Philippe, what you need is a unbuffered input. This can't be achived in standard C you will have to use some system specific extension (getch() on a DOS-Box or Unix-host with curses, but be careful the two getch() functions from conio.h and curses.h are definitly not the same). A newsgroup related to your system can give you more help.         Z -- LISP is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days.         Eric S. Raymond
Mon, 17 Feb 2003 03:00:00 GMT
Paul McClea #5 / 11	press any key to continue This can only be done using system specific non-standard extensions. Under windows check out the kbhit() function, and under unix/linux try setting the terminal into non-canocial mode. Regards, Paul Quote: > Hi, > I would like to emulate at the end of a page, the line that you find on > the dos window at the end of a program 'press any key to continue'. > when I use getchar() I need also to press  on enter to continue. > How can I remedy to this? > Thanks > Philippe
Mon, 17 Feb 2003 03:00:00 GMT
Andrew #6 / 11	press any key to continue Quote: >> I would like to emulate at the end of a page, the line that you find on >> the dos window at the end of a program 'press any key to continue'. >> when I use getchar() I need also to press  on enter to continue. >> How can I remedy to this? >Change your message to "press ENTER to continue", or use non-standard >extensions provided by your compiler. Heh.  First thought was of that episode of the Simpsons, where Homer's on AOL or some such ISP... -------- AndrewJ  "Any key, where's the any key?" - Homer Simpson.
Mon, 17 Feb 2003 23:12:28 GMT
Richard Heathfiel #7 / 11	press any key to continue Quote: > Thanks everyone for your help. > two answers were very helpfull > one answer was                system("PAUSE") ; // stdlib.h > the other one was              getch() ;                 // conio.h The more helpful answers you got, whether you realise it or not, were the ones which pointed out that the best way to do what you want portably is to change the message to read "Press ENTER to continue". system() is portable, but PAUSE isn't. getch() is not portable. Of the two bad solutions, you've picked the least bad, but you have not picked the best available to you. Quote: > since I am using Vc, I will go with the first one. I don't see the logic here. -- Richard Heathfield "Usenet is a strange place." - Dennis M Ritchie, 29 July 1999. C FAQ: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html 65 K&R Answers: http://users.powernet.co.uk/eton/kandr2/index.html (32 to go)
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 14:45:16 GMT
Philippe Rousselo #8 / 11	press any key to continue Quote: > > Thanks everyone for your help. > > two answers were very helpfull > > one answer was                system("PAUSE") ; // stdlib.h > > the other one was              getch() ;                 // conio.h > The more helpful answers you got, whether you realise it or not, were > the ones which pointed out that the best way to do what you want > portably is to change the message to read "Press ENTER to continue". > system() is portable, but PAUSE isn't. getch() is not portable. Of the > two bad solutions, you've picked the least bad, but you have not picked > the best available to you. sure but the question was any key not enter... Quote: > > since I am using Vc, I will go with the first one. > I don't see the logic here. conio.h is not Vc compatible Quote: > -- > Richard Heathfield > "Usenet is a strange place." - Dennis M Ritchie, 29 July 1999. > C FAQ: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html > 65 K&R Answers: http://users.powernet.co.uk/eton/kandr2/index.html (32 > to go)
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 16:01:13 GMT
Chris Mear #9 / 11	press any key to continue The grid bug bites!  Philippe Rousselot writes: Quote: >> > Thanks everyone for your help. >> > two answers were very helpfull >> > one answer was                system("PAUSE") ; // stdlib.h >> > the other one was              getch() ;                 // conio.h >> The more helpful answers you got, whether you realise it or not, were >> the ones which pointed out that the best way to do what you want >> portably is to change the message to read "Press ENTER to continue". >> system() is portable, but PAUSE isn't. getch() is not portable. Of the >> two bad solutions, you've picked the least bad, but you have not picked >> the best available to you. >sure but the question was any key not enter... ... which can't be done portably.  ENTER is a much better solution, in my opinion. Quote: >> > since I am using Vc, I will go with the first one. >> I don't see the logic here. >conio.h is not Vc compatible Perhaps, then, you should go with a solution that will work on all compilers?  Using the functions in stdio.h should do the trick.
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 17:20:10 GMT
Richard Heathfiel #10 / 11	press any key to continue Quote: > > > Thanks everyone for your help. > > > two answers were very helpfull > > > one answer was                system("PAUSE") ; // stdlib.h > > > the other one was              getch() ;                 // conio.h > > The more helpful answers you got, whether you realise it or not, were > > the ones which pointed out that the best way to do what you want > > portably is to change the message to read "Press ENTER to continue". > > system() is portable, but PAUSE isn't. getch() is not portable. Of the > > two bad solutions, you've picked the least bad, but you have not picked > > the best available to you. > sure but the question was any key not enter... And the answer is that there is no portable solution. When you ask in comp.lang.c, it is assumed that you are after a portable solution. After all, if you wanted a system-specific solution, you'd have asked in a system-specific newsgroup, right? Quote: > > > since I am using Vc, I will go with the first one. > > I don't see the logic here. > conio.h is not Vc compatible And system("PAUSE") won't work on Unix systems. So you shouldn't use that solution either. After all, you want to be portable, don't you? -- Richard Heathfield "Usenet is a strange place." - Dennis M Ritchie, 29 July 1999. C FAQ: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html 65 K&R Answers: http://users.powernet.co.uk/eton/kandr2/index.html (32 to go)
Sun, 23 Feb 2003 05:46:20 GMT
Nils Goesch #11 / 11	press any key to continue Quote: > > The more helpful answers you got, whether you realise it or not, were > > the ones which pointed out that the best way to do what you want > > portably is to change the message to read "Press ENTER to continue". > > system() is portable, but PAUSE isn't. getch() is not portable. Of the > > two bad solutions, you've picked the least bad, but you have not picked > > the best available to you. > sure but the question was any key not enter... Then you'll have to pay support people who explain to the customers how to locate the `any' key on their keyboard, or why the RESET key is not exactly `any' key. -- Nils Goesche "Don't ask for whom the <CTRL-G> tolls."
Sun, 23 Feb 2003 02:32:21 GMT

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