Do I really need enter?

[Unregistered]

When using cin>> enter is needed to go on, is there a way so it just does it when the key is pressed?

Thank you in advance
Rasped

[Betazep]

Don't use cin...

use

getchar(character);

use

getche(character)

use

getch(character)

for strings use

getline(cin,string, terminator)

where the terminator could be a '\n' newline (enter) or even a character like '#'

or

cin.getline(char_array, number to get, terminator)

where the number to get is an integer value one less than your array size like 50 and terminator is like above.

I guess it all depends on what you want to do. There are others as well....

[Yoshi]

try this:
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string UsrInpt(int length){ // "length" = length of input
string message = ""; //the input
int x=0; // length count
do{
message+=getche(); // cancatente
x++;
}while(x!=length); // "message" has the same amount of character as "length"
return (message);
}
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This should let you enter an amount of inputs w/o enter.

[Darrok]

you could also read directly from the keyboard, but i forget how to do this, so i cant show you

[doubleanti]

if (kbhit ()) return (getch ());
else return (0);

that way there's no waiting... however if you want the scan code as well i recommend writing code which calls an interrupt to get it... also, understanding the ways of the keyboard bufferred input scheme is quite helpful...