[LBo] c/c++ one keystroke input without waiting for "Enter"

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Loren Lockwood wrote:

> Hi all.  I have been trying to help my son with his computer science courses. 
> The teachers all use MS software for programming, but I won't have it on my 
> computer.  His own computer runs XP, with Borland c++ as a programming 
> platform.
>
> With the MS conio routines it is easy to get a key and analyze it, without 
> the user's hitting "Enter" first.  Does anybody know how to use ANSI c or c++ 
> to get a single keystroke from the keyboard without waiting for the user to 
> press "Enter"?  I have examined the iostream classes but can't find anything 
> which allows this.  I could instantiate a new istream (or ifstream) object, 
> but I don't know how to get it to receive input from the keyboard.

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