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- From: bhutto@gate.net (William Hutto)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: An incredably dumb question
- Date: 13 Jan 1996 21:01:05 GMT
- Organization: CyberGate, Inc.
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- In article <4d8tlk$pgk@ccnet3.ccnet.com>,
- felinoid@ccnet.com (Jeffery C McLean) wrote:
- > and I should be able to figure it out myself....
- >But I can't.....
- >
- > I am learninf C (Already got the FAQ) also make use of old 3b2
- >programming manuals and "Teach yourself C"
- > But with all that I STILL can't figure this out...
- >
- > Here is my question....
- >I am looking for an alternitive to getc() I want to read carciters
- >as they are entered NOT after the user hits return.
- >I feal so stupid that I can't find it myself or figure it out...
- >Must be right under my nose... or I'd have it by now...
- >Jeff
-
- I don't know of *any* functions that return carciters. :)
-
- Hopefully your compiler's extended library has functions like getch(),
- getche() and kbhit() which will likely work the way you expect them to (no
- buffering). I have to use them 'cause most users are unaccustomed to blind
- typing.
-
- Bill
-
- "Whatcha got on?...Your mind?"
-