From: myknees AT aol DOT com (Myknees)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: readkey() problem
Date: 27 Jan 1998 04:49:01 GMT
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In article <19980127005001 DOT TAA19938 AT ladder01 DOT news DOT aol DOT com>, qballlives AT aol DOT com
(QBallLives) writes:

>I believe that's a buffering issue... but I'm too tired to think of the
>command
>to use to clear that buffer out... my friend dhonn has keyboard
>routines code
>that I believe does the flush you need done...
>his page:


If it is a buffering issue, as in the classic...
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
int main()
{
   printf("foo"); 
   getch();    /* waits for a key, no "foo'' visible to user */
   return 0;   /* "foo" comes only when the program exits */
                  /* and buffer is flushed */
}
...then (this is a long sentence!) you could use cprintf(), which is a
non-buffered function in conio.h, instead of printf(), or you could use this:
fflush(stdout);  /* flushes the buffer to stdout */
...before you call printf().  

--Ed (Myknees)