Thread: Long time progger, C++ newbie

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    Long time progger, C++ newbie

    I have been programming for a while now but just moved on to c++ I am teahing myself and there are things the book I have are not telling me, simple commands and such, so if anyone would be so kind as to answer these few questions:

    1.How do I clear the screen of text, I know of clear() and clrscr() but cant seem to get them to work. I was thinking that another library had to be included for that but if so I dont know which one.

    2.I am also looking for a couple keypress routines, one that does not pause and waits for user input, and one that does without pushing enter.

    Well actually that all I can think of right now but I will have more noob wuestions in time.

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    1) Clearing the screen is a system dependent operation. Nothing standard exists to do it, so you'll have to be more specific about your system and compiler.

    2) Keyboard control is a system dependent operation. Nothing standard exists to do it, so you'll have to be more specific about your system and compiler.

    My best code is written with the delete key.

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    I am running windows xp, and using visual c++ 6.0...
    Last edited by SSC384; 06-26-2004 at 06:39 AM.

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    Clear the screen. For the keyboard routines, you probably want kbhit and getch/getche in <conio.h>. VC++ supports those, so you don't have to write them yourself.
    My best code is written with the delete key.

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    All right that should be all I need for that for now, thanks.

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