input function without a need to press Enter?

I'm trying to write a program that will calculate beats per minute based on tapping a key to the beat. I've been trying to use scanf or getc, and have the key pressed be Enter, so that it would set the variable to NULL, but that hasn't worked. Is there an input function that doesn't require an Enter to continue, just taking the first character it gets? And if not, how could I get using Enter as the key pressed to work?

Thanks,
David

There's an FAQ entry. It has almost the same title as your thread. :) Cprogramming.com FAQ > How can I get input without having the user hit [Enter]?

Short answer is that you can't do it portably. It depends on what compiler you're using. Are you using Dev-C++? (That I can help you with.)

[edit] See also some of these posts of mine:

• http://cboard.cprogramming.com/cplus...tml#post871566

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