get key?

ok is the a way do do something like:

Code:

if(someone presses the up arrow)
{than do this}

i know i use and if and i need to do something like the ketkey were if the user presses a key than the program will do some stuff

I think you might want to look into Windows programming to do that, using the Windows procedure to peek for a message from the keyboard.

In just standard C++ for console apps, you can't do this...unless you're waiting for the user to press the ENTER key.

I think this could help you

that helps alot

If your working with a Windows console this might be of some use. In combination with Virtual-Key Codes I think you could figure it out.

Regards,
Brian

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;

WORD scanKeyboard(void)  
{
	DWORD dwCharsRead;
	INPUT_RECORD inRec;
	HANDLE hInput = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
	 
	while(ReadConsoleInput(hInput, &inRec, 1, &dwCharsRead))  
		if(inRec.EventType == KEY_EVENT && inRec.Event.KeyEvent.bKeyDown)
			return(inRec.Event.KeyEvent.wVirtualKeyCode);
			
	return('ì'); // dummy return to suppress warning msg.
}


int main( int argc, char * argv[] )
{	
	WORD c;
	
	do
	{       
          cout << "\nEnter something, N to exit: ";
          c = scanKeyboard( );
          cout << c;
	  if(c == VK_UP)
		cout << " : Up Arrow key pressed";
	}while(c !='N');

	return(0);
}