Thread: waiting for a keypress

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    waiting for a keypress

    Hey I'm working on a program for a class I'm in and I'm wondering how you would tell the program to wait until any key is pressed. I'm displaying a bunch of information and I would like to have the computer wait for any key (or a specific one if it has to be) to be pressed before going back to the main menu. Is this possible?

    Thanks!

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    Its in the faq
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    using the conio header file
    use getch() which waits for a key to be pressed before continuing
    Code:
    #include <conio.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    int main()
    {
    	printf("TON OF INFO\n");
    	getch();
    	return 0;
    }
    //  NOW FOR C++ VERSION
    #include <iostream.h>
    #include <conio.h>
    int main()
    {
    	cout<<"TON OF INFO"<<endl;
    	getch();
    	return 0;
    }
    // getch() will stop after the endl; in C++ 
    // not sure bout the C though.
    usually it works like:
    cout<<"Press any key to continue"<<endl;
    getch();
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    This is what I use, you need a specific key stroke, but it is as portable as it gets.

    Code:
    printf("Please press <ENTER> to continue.");
    while(getchar() != '\n');
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    Thanks

    Hey thanks guys!

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