Thread: Hit <ENTER> to continue...

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    Hit <ENTER> to continue...

    Hi folks!I was wondering if anyone knows how can i make my program to wait for the user to press <ENTER> and then continue with the rest of the commands.In a Pascal program example:

    Code:
    ........................ 
    writeln("Hit <ENTER> when you are ready..."); 
    readln; 
    .....(rest of code).....
    Is there anyway to do the same thing in C?I tried with scanf() function but it doesnt work the way i want to.

    PS:I tried to use the system() function with a parameter like "sleep 2" which causes the program to pause for 2
    seconds(in a Unix system)-but as you probably understand,it isnt very convenient...

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    Code:
    printf("Hit enter to continue...");
    getchar();

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