Seeking Help x.x

Hellos, I've look all over the website and google and I still can't find anything relating to what I need :x Well I'm just learning C++ and I'm playing around with the cmd/dos window or whatever, and I've learned quite a bit. (or I think so :P) What I'm trying to do is get my input to be like formatted. Like say when I run my program it asks for a number, and let's say I enter 1112223333, is there anyway I can get it to automatically enter dashes as I type so it comes out like 111-222-3333? Or is it impossible? :confused:

Sure it's possible, but it's also probably non-standard. Check out the faq on "How can I get input without having the user hit [Enter]?" for a few possible starting points.

wow how did I miss that one o.o must be too late in the night :o

Thanks alot, I've got it working just how I want it, except for backspace. I know HOW to do it, you just backup a spot, then print a blank space over it, then backup agian. The problem is I'm having a hard time trying to visualize the flow of the program and how I would incorperate the user hitting backspace. Here's what I have so far:

Code:

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            do {
                //check our location in the string and decide if to put a dash or not
                if (i == 1 && ch != 84 || i == 5 && ch != 84) {
                    cout << "-";
                    userInput[i] = (char)45;
                } else {
                    //get user input
                    ch = getch();
                    ch = toupper(ch);
                   
                    //only allow 0-9 and "T" as input
                    if (ch > 47 && ch < 58 || ch == 84) {
                        userInput[i] = (char)ch;                       
                        cout << (char)ch;
                    }
                }
               
                //string iteration
                i++;                             
            } while(ch != 13);

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Any advice is appreciated

I would place your backspace routine after you get a char.

Code:

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ch = getch();  // After this line.

if(ch == BACKSPACE) // BACKSPACE is just pseudocode.
{
// Put backspace code here, which by your wording I'm assuming you know...
// Probably something like [for starters]:
 i--;
userInput[i] = ' ';
}
else
{
  //only allow 0-9 and "T" as input
  if (ch > 47 && ch < 58 || ch == 84) {
      userInput[i] = (char)ch;                       
      cout << (char)ch;
  }

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