From: "Al Morgan" <muaddib AT proaxis DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Trap Keyboard Events
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 01:38:36 -0700
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I think what you want is...  "kbhit()".   It will return true when a key has
been pressed, like this:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <conio.h>        // kbhit is in there, i think it might be in
stdlib.h too, not sure.

void main()
    {
    int n = 0;
    while(!kbhit())
        {
        cout << n++ << endl;
        }
    }

This program will count from 0 to infinity until the user presses a key.

Is that what you were looking for?
    Al [muaddib AT proaxis DOT com]

Robinson S. <roby AT lords DOT com> wrote in message
news:37C156BB DOT 4808 AT lords DOT com...
> I've searched through some of the c faqs out there and could not find
> the answer to this question:
>
> How do I check if a key has been pressed on the keyboard while my
> program is running. It is a program that runs the win-ping command, so
> it may apply to win32s as well.
>
> --
>
> Robinson S.,
> mailto:roby AT lords DOT com