I need to write a simple username password program, and I would like the characters to appear on the console as * not the character typed. I would really like some help with this, thank you.
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I need to write a simple username password program, and I would like the characters to appear on the console as * not the character typed. I would really like some help with this, thank you.
Okay, you have to show what you have done so far - them's the rules - its not a hire board
You need to use some kind of library for that, unfortunately. If you are on *nix, I think readline will be able to do it:
The GNU Readline Library
Well... get started, work the problem as far as you can, then if you run into trouble post your code and we'll see what we can do...Quote:
Originally Posted by Andr0id
It is important to note that there is no standard C way of doing this, however:Quote:
Originally Posted by Andr0id
FAQ- How do I get input without the user pressing enter?
Is there a standard way to not show any characters at all during the input ?Quote:
Originally Posted by AndrewHunter
If you mean standard, as standard C; the answer is no. Once you actually want to mess directly with any stream you have entered OS specific behaviour because you have to "look behind the curtain" to interact with the OS and/or hardware.Quote:
Originally Posted by manasij7479
Thank you this was exactly what I needed. I didn't post code because i had no idea where to start, all I expected was some pseudo code. This was much better thank you all for the help.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndrewHunter
>> Is there a ... way to not show any characters at all during the input ?
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/c-pro...tml#post823552
"get_password" using _getch():
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/c-pro...tml#post713308
_getch() for *nix:
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/c-pro...tml#post991411
gg