Thread: getting ctrl-A from command line

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    getting ctrl-A from command line

    Hi,
    I was wondering if anybody knew how to get special characters such as ctrl-a from the command line in C++ as well as display them when the user presses the keys. Thanks
    Amish

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    Well, what are the conventions of the command line interpreter you're using to call your program in the first place.
    You could start by telling us which OS you're on.

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    Sorry I misphrased my question. I should not have said command line. I am using windows primarily but the code will be ported to linux eventually. So my program prints out some questions and asks for answers and if the user inputs ctrl-a at any time, it should quit the program. So the user should see ctrl-a when he/she presses it, be able to delete it and if he presses enter, the program should recognise ctrl-a and exit. Thanks
    Amish

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    Works for me on Linux
    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main ()
    {
      char  buff[100];
      while ( cin.getline(buff,sizeof buff) ) {
        if ( buff[0] == '\x01' ) {
          cout << "Bye now" << endl;
          break;
        } else {
          cout << "Normal process of line " << buff << endl;
        }
      }
      return 0;
    }
    
    $ g++ foo.cpp
    $ ./a.out
    hello world
    Normal process of line hello world
    next is ctrl-a
    Normal process of line next is ctrl-a
    ^A
    Bye now

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    Thanks for the answer.
    Amish

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