Thread: Getting input without waiting for keypress

Greetings,

Just so that I understand correctly, the programs provided at this link (as helpfully provided by Salem) are for programs that read one keypress at a time. Am I correct?

If so, is it possible to have a C program that does other things while/without waiting for the user to press any key (e.g. check status of something)? Wasn't that the original question of this thread? Even with the programs listed, they still stop doing nothing while waiting for the user's input.

Thanks to all for your patience on a relative newbie

Anon48

Originally Posted by Anon48

Greetings,

Just so that I understand correctly, the programs provided at this link (as helpfully provided by Salem) are for programs that read one keypress at a time. Am I correct?

If so, is it possible to have a C program that does other things while/without waiting for the user to press any key (e.g. check status of something)? Wasn't that the original question of this thread? Even with the programs listed, they still stop doing nothing while waiting for the user's input.

Thanks to all for your patience on a relative newbie

Anon48

...Yes, it can. And that can be solved like this:

If your compiler supports getch and kbhit (especially in Windows), you can do something like this:

Code:

int c;

while ( true )
{

if ( kbhit() ) // if a key was hit ( returns non-zero - true), execute 'if' statment. else continue looping
{

// do this...
c = getch();

}

};

Some people will suggest not to do this because it's "non-standard". but, it's up to you if you want to continue using it. I, for one have used it before in my programs (without a problem)because it was the only way to get my program runing the way I wanted it to. If it works, why not.

xeddiex.