C++ Password mask

[nick753]

I just started messing around with making a password on a simple program. Can anyone here tell me how to, and explain, how to make asterisks appear when the user is enter the password? I searched a little but the few results i found, I didn't completely understand. Thanks

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
          string str1 = "suzuki";
          string password ;
          
         
         do{
          cout << "Enter Password\n";
          getline(cin, password);
          
         
                      if(password != str1)
                      {
                                  cout << "Error, try again\n";
                                  }
                                  }
                                  
                                  while(password != str1);
                      
          int num1, num2;
              
              cout << "Enter a number to add\n";
              cin >> num1;
              
              cout << "Enter a nother num\n";
              cin >> num2;
              
              cout << " Total is " << num1 + num2 << endl;
              
              
              
              
              
              system("pause");
              
              return 0;
              }

[neandrake]

You won't be able to use standard cin/cout to mask input. On a quick search it looks like you may need to use the C function getch(). Search for "c++ mask input", and there are plenty of results with people asking for the same thing.

[Salem]

As neandrake says, there is nothing standard to help you do this.

So you need to find some function which is specific to your OS/Compiler to do this.