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About LinkBacksI need to write a simple username password program, and I would like the characters to appear on the console as * not the character typed. I would really like some help with this, thank you.
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simple username password program I need to write a simple username password program, and I would like the characters to appear on the console as * not the character typed. I would really like some help with this, thank you.
Okay, you have to show what you have done so far - them's the rules - its not a hire board
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You need to use some kind of library for that, unfortunately. If you are on *nix, I think readline will be able to do it:
The GNU Readline Library
C programming resources:
GNU C Function and Macro Index -- glibc reference manual
The C Book -- nice online learner guide
Current ISO draft standard
CCAN -- new CPAN like open source library repository
3 (different) GNU debugger tutorials: #1 -- #2 -- #3
cpwiki -- our wiki on sourceforge
Well... get started, work the problem as far as you can, then if you run into trouble post your code and we'll see what we can do...Originally Posted by Andr0id
It is important to note that there is no standard C way of doing this, however:
FAQ- How do I get input without the user pressing enter?
Warning: Some or all of my posted code may be non-standard and as such should not be used and in no case looked at.
Is there a standard way to not show any characters at all during the input ?
Manasij Mukherjee | gcc-4.8.0 @Arch Linux
Slow and Steady wins the race... if and only if :
1.None of the other participants are fast and steady.
2.The fast and unsteady suddenly falls asleep while running !
If you mean standard, as standard C; the answer is no. Once you actually want to mess directly with any stream you have entered OS specific behaviour because you have to "look behind the curtain" to interact with the OS and/or hardware.
Warning: Some or all of my posted code may be non-standard and as such should not be used and in no case looked at.
Thank you this was exactly what I needed. I didn't post code because i had no idea where to start, all I expected was some pseudo code. This was much better thank you all for the help.
>> Is there a ... way to not show any characters at all during the input ?
To enter password without displaying it
"get_password" using _getch():
Problem with inputting password?
_getch() for *nix:
while getch question
gg
