From: "Ilya P. Ryzhenkov" <ilya AT spy DOT isp DOT nsc DOT ru>
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Subject: Re: Simple Getch problem
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 14:14:03 -0800
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Mr David Potts wrote:
> #include<stdio.h>
> #include<conio.h>
> int main(void)
> {
>    printf("Before getch");
>    getch();
>    return(0);
> 
> }
> But when I ran it, it waited for a key press *then* printed
> the text rather than the other way round. What is going on?
The cause is file buffering. As printf(...) is somewhat like
fprintf(stdout,...), output is buffered and you need fflush(stdout) 
after printf to force text to appear. Buffer is automaticaly flushed 
after printing '\n' and before program exits. So use either
 printf("Before getch\n"); or printf("Before getch"); fflush(stdout);


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