From:	Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: getch() getche()
Date:	Mon, 24 Aug 1998 11:35:59 -0300
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LJ wrote:

> I've tried with and without conio.h, and the results is not what I
> expected. Maybe I've have totally misunderstood what these functions
> (getch( ) getche( )) can do for me... .
> Please try these little program (and of cause if you've not already have
> tried other more advanced programs) and see what results you get. The line
> in 'cout' don't show before I press a character.

    Try this.  It didn't work because cout is line-buffered.  It doesn't write
to the screen until it reaches an end-of-line character.

> #include <iostream.h>
> #include <conio.h>
>
> main()
> {
>   char Ch;
>   cout << "Write a character: \n";
>   Ch = getch();
>   cout << endl << "You wrote: " << Ch << endl;
>
>   cout << "Write a new character: \n";
>   Ch = getche();
>   cout << endl << "You wrote: " << Ch << endl;
> }

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