In C preventing the user from hitting enter after an input

I am sorry if this was already answered. Can someone tell me how, in C, the program moves on after the user enters 1 keystroke.

The user has to choose a 1 through 5. I would like to have the program go on after they input their selection. Currently they have to hit enter.

Thanks for the help

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That did not solve the problem. I may be using it incorrectly. Does this go with scanf?
Thanks

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Originally Posted by From the above link

Using standard C/C++, you cannot. However, if you're lucky your compiler may have the non-standard conio.h header (which might include getch()), if you're on *nix (UNIX, Linux, etc.) you can try the ncurses library or switching the terminal mode. On Windows, try the different API input routines (such as those included in the Win32 API).

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Summary

• Can't do it in standard C/C++
• Can use getch() from conio.h (non standard)
• Can use the portable ncurses library
• Can use the Windows API

What about?

Code:

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getchar()

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getchar() waits for the user to press enter.

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And then it retrieves only one char from the input stream. But on the other hand, it is an ANSI function.
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