Thread: C++ quickness, please help :)

Originally Posted by limitedmage

include this line at the top of the program:

Code:

#include <conio.h>

and this line at the end of main, before return 0; :

Code:

getch();

This may be the worst advice I've ever seen, today... let's take a simple program that should easily be standard and make it non-standard. To the OP, don't listen to this advice, it may work for you temporarily but it certainly will not work for everyone. Make sure your posting your exact code and we'll fix this the *standard* way.

Because the user would then have to enter a digit or character instead of just hit the enter key on their keyboard.

The solution was already given on post #2. Which is quiet extraordinary considering we are on post #18.

Your problem is that there is more that just a newline sitting in the input buffer. Try this:

Code:

cin.clear();
cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(), '\n');
cin.get();

From http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showthread.php?t=82179

getch() works because it doesn't use the standard input stream, but rather ignores stdin and waits for a character to be pressed. It's a non-standard function and you shouldn't use it if you can help it.

Maybe that wasn't all of the code. I can't think of any other reason why post #2's solution wouldn't work and getch() would. I should have said "I think your problem is . . .".