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    cin?

    how can i configure cin to wait until enter is pressed?
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    Please elaborate; I can't think of a case where cin doesn't wait until enter is pressed.

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    normaly cin wait for a char or number to be entered and then pressed i mean that cin wait for just a enter
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    Oh, I get it.

    No, cin by itself doesn't do that, but you can use the function cin.get() to do that.

    Just add this:

    Code:
    cin.get();
    ...where you want it to do that.

    Oh, and if the program skips over it without waiting, add this right before it:

    Code:
    cin.ignore('\n', 10);
    That should do it.

    Alternately, you could also use this:

    Code:
    system("PAUSE");
    ...to make it wait until any key is pressed. The downside of that method is that it has a predefined message that it displays when it waits.
    Last edited by Gabu; 07-22-2002 at 04:28 AM.

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    Using Getch

    I think you could also use getch by asking it to look for the ASCII value of return, I think its '13' I did a similar thing in an exercise a bit ago.

    declare the control variable as an int, so it looks for ASCII value.

    Code:
    int enter;
    
    
    while (enter!='13')
    {
        getch(enter);
    
        if (enter != '13')
        {
            cout<<"do it again.";
        }
    }
    I'm pretty sure that should work.
    Last edited by UnclePunker; 07-22-2002 at 06:06 AM.
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    While 'getch()' is an option, be aware that it doesn't take an argument. (This will become apparent when you attempt to compile the code, of course, but I thought I'd throw it out.)

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <conio.h>
    
    int main()
    {
    char key;
    
         do
         {
          clrscr();     // makes it look like nothing's happening
          std::cout << "Press ENTER to continue...";
          key = getch();
         }while (key != '\r');  // C++ (not ASCII) escape char for carriage return
    
         std::cout << "\n\nThanks for finally pressing the ENTER key!";
    
    getch();
    return 0;
    }
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