Thread: Character for Up Arrow

Hey,

I am making a simple menu program in the DOS Console. I've got the whole program to work exept for I have to use w and x for up and down. I was wonder what were the characters for the actual up, down, left, and right arrows, and how can I get those characters in my code using DEV-CPP. Here is what I have.
-Thanks

#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{

while(1){
char a_char;
a_char=getchar();

switch(a_char){
case 'w': //This is where I want the up arrow character
cout<<"This is the up arrow"<<endl;
break;

case 'x': //This is where I want the down arrow character
cout<<"This is the down arrow"<<endl;
break;
}
}
return 0;
}

usually I use this program to find out what int value certain
key strokes have.....
however in the case of the arrows it seems that the system accepts each of the nav arrows as two key strokes....

maybe you should consider GetAsyncKeyState(...) in the using the windows.h file....

Code:

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



void main( void )
{

	int chVal;

	while( 1 )
	{
		while( !kbhit() );

		chVal = getch();

		cout << "\n" << chVal << endl;

		if( chVal == (int)'q' || chVal == (int)'Q')
			break;
	}
}

Okay,
I made this program:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iostream.h>

int main(){
while(1){
int keystroke;

cout<<"Type a Key"<<endl;
cin>>keystroke;
cout<<keystroke<<endl;
}
}

I then found out that the up arrow displays a "fish looking symbol" and then h. The downarrow displays a "fish looking symbol" and then j. How can I get the "fish looking symbol" in my code, and how can I merge the two to make one keystroke.

Thanks

say that in easier to understand words