getche

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Header File

conio.h

Category

Console I/O Routines

Prototype

int getche(void);

Description

Gets character from the keyboard, echoes to screen.

getche reads a single character from the keyboard and echoes it to the current text window using direct video or BIOS.

Note: Do not use this function in Win32 GUI applications.

Return Value

getche returns the character read from the keyboard.

Example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
int main(void)
{
   char ch;
   printf("Input a character:");
   ch = getche();
   printf("\nYou input a '%c'\n", ch);
   return 0;
}

Portability

POSIX	Win32	ANSI C	ANSI C++
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