Thread: Other than cin, how can a get a program to take input?

Try this code, see if it works/helps. I wrote it using Borland 5.5.

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>
#include <ctype.h>

using std::cout;
using std::endl;

int main(void)
{
  int c = 0;
  
  cout <<"Press a key, x to exit" <<endl;

  while (c != 'x')
  {
    switch (c = getch())
    {
      case 0:
      
        switch (c = getch())
        {
          case 72: /* code for Up key     */ 
            cout <<"Up"    <<endl; break;
          case 75: /* code for Left key   */ 
            cout <<"Left"  <<endl; break;
          case 77: /* code for Right key  */ 
            cout <<"Right" <<endl; break;
          case 80: /* code for Down key   */ 
            cout <<"Down"  <<endl; break;
          default: /* other extended key  */ 
            cout <<"That was an extended key, with value "<<c<<endl;
        }
        break;
      
      case 'x' : cout <<"Thanks for playing" <<endl; break;
      
      case '\r': cout <<"That was the enter button" <<endl; break;
      
      default : 
        if (isgraph(c)) 
          cout <<"That was a " <<(char)c <<endl;    
        break;
    }
  }
  
  return(0);
}

/*
Output:

Press a key, x to exit
Left
Up
Right
Down
That was a q
That was a w
That was a e
That was a r
That was an extended key, with value 59
That was an extended key, with value 60
That was an extended key, with value 61
That was an extended key, with value 62
That was the enter button
That was the enter button
Thanks for playing

*/