Thread: Timed response?

For awhile I have been trying to make a user-response have a maximum time limit, if the time limit expires the response is set to a default. But getch() cant be interupted (to my knowledge) and even if it could, I cant make the timer send the stop response till after the user has sent input.

So, is it possible to cut off the question after x seconds? Or is it not?

Thank you in advance!

Code:

for (int i = 0; i < time; i++){
     if (kbhit())
        getch();
}