enterless input

How could I read input from a user without them having to press enter ( like being able to read the char from getch() ).

use kbhit in a while loop

Please explain how that answers my question.

something like this

Code:

---


while(TRUE)
{
    if(kbhit())
    {
          //take action on the user input here
    }
}

---

I think this would work, if not add a ! infront of kbhit.
This have also been explaind with a bunch of different flavors..search the board for kbhit and you will find a more indepth distcusion about user input.

I need to be able to read what the user put in. (cin without the enter)

It's not a standard function (there's no standard way to do what you're asking), but most compilers include some form of

getch()

in conio.h.

Well, is there a way to read what was just input into the console?

while(TRUE)
{
if(kbhit())
{
switch(whattheyputin)
{etc}
}
}

Yes,

char c;
c=getch();

but this depends on your compiler. Which one are you using?

sigh..... MSVC++

It's probobly a bad thing being in the platform I'm in.

YAY! Works :)

Ok, just one more question. The program recognizes the arrow keys, but is it reading them as what they are? Should I use the assigned ASCII symbols to identify them?

Solved.