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Exercise 1-10 in K&R's book states:
My question is: How can the input have a backspace?Quote:
Write a program to copy its input to its output, replacing each tab by \t, each backspace by \b, and each backslash by \\. This makes tabs and backspaces visible in an unambiguous way.
Thanks in advance.
Well, if you scan each input character using getchar(), then you should be able to detect any backspace pressed ( I think... ).
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Well, that doesn't work on windows xp and dev-c++
> My question is: How can the input have a backspace?
That might depend on your OS and compiler.
Most stdin streams are "cooked" in some way, so things like backspace and delete are handled by the terminal driver, so the user can edit the line they type in before pressing return.
So any backspace they type gets interpreted by the driver rather than your program.
Exactly how you get past that depends on your circumstances.
... There is a byte notation that will tell you what character is which, im sure backspace is in ther somwhere, meaning you could probably do a for loop and scan it while copying or editing the input to see... but i agree, you cant show a backspace in past time, only real time... good luck on this one...
Direct input functions like getch() will read backspaces. Backspace is ASCII 0x08.