more specific clear screen

I am doing an RPG, and it would be nice if when I allowed someone to cin to a variable, if I could have that number or letter not be displayed to the screen, either by not having it printed to the screen to begin with, or by doing a clear character, or something of the sort.

Anyone know how?

Its unbuffer input you want, you'll need a compiler/OS specific function. Maybe you have getch().

Use getch if you have it.

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

main(){
    int key;

    printf("Hit a key: ");
    key=getch();
    printf("\nYou hit %c\n", key);
}

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