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Subject: Re: What is portable equivalent of getch()?
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Anthony wrote:
> "CBFalconer" <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
>
> > You can wait for an ENTER (cr) keypress, with something like:
> >
> >    int flushln(FILE *f)
> >    {
> >       int ch;
> >
> >       while ((EOF != (ch = getc(f)) && ('\n' != ch)) continue;
> >       return ch;
> >    } /* flushln */
> >
> > which is capable of detecting EOF.
> >
> Ok, what if I want no echo? I mean, if user press 'a''a''a''cr'
> I want 'a'-s not to be printed on the screan?

Tough.  It's not under your control in a portable program.  You
can reduce portability by making further assumptions, such as
POSIX.

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