console input

[Rolf Magnus]

Is there a way to get input from the keyboard without
echoing what was typed in standard c++. like
for a password field.
Thanks

Always have a look into the FAQ list first:
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/input-output.html#faq-15.18

 

[Jim Westwood]

Is there a way to get input from the keyboard without
echoing what was typed in standard c++. like
for a password field.
Thanks

 

[Jim Westwood]

Always have a look into the FAQ list first:
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/input-output.html#faq-15.18

your right im sorry I was in a rush you know how it can be when you have a
problem when your witing a program
and you want the answer realy bad. posting to a newsgroup is the laziest
quickest way sorry

if anyone else is reading this the answer is no.

 

[Thom]

I know I'm new at this so maybe I missed the bigger question.....but I use
getche() and getch() fairly frequently.
getch() does not echo characters to the screen while getche() does.
Maybe I'm seeing something that is OS or compiler specific? Interesting.

Thom

 

[Mike Wahler]

I know I'm new at this so maybe I missed the bigger question.....but I use
getche() and getch() fairly frequently.

Neither of those functions is part of standard C++.

getch() does not echo characters to the screen while getche() does.
Maybe I'm seeing something that is OS or compiler specific?

Completely implementation-specific.

Interesting.

Not here.

BTW please don't top-post.

-Mike

 

[Dave O'Hearn]

I know I'm new at this so maybe I missed the bigger question.....but I use
getche() and getch() fairly frequently.
getch() does not echo characters to the screen while getche() does.
Maybe I'm seeing something that is OS or compiler specific? Interesting.

Yes, those are platform specific, and mixing in calls like that with
stdio or iostreams creates problems of its own. Platform specific
"console" operations usually have their own internal buffers, or no
buffers, and have no access to stdio or iostreams. Sometimes the
behavior is different in annoying ways. At least one favorite console
application I use has something like 'getch' in a loop, and ends up
consuming 100% CPU for I/O polling.

Just be prepared for surprises if you start using a platform's console
operations, especially mixing them with iostreams.