From:	"Chris Broome" <speedoman7 AT cwix DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject:	Re: Detecting Arrow key presses
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Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 1998 01:00:11 -0500
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DoctorXV AT aol DOT com wrote in message <4661cac DOT 3622aaa3 AT aol DOT com>...
>how do I get C++ to detect arrow key presses? I use Turbo C++ 3.0

This works very well in a loop:

#include <conio.h>

/* These are just a few ASCII values for the keys hit.*/
#define    ENTER    13
#define    ESC    27
#define    UP    72
#define    DOWN    80
#define    LEFT    75
#define    RIGHT    77
#define    BACKSPACE    8
#define    TAB    9
#define    SPACE    32

void main()
{
char key;
while(SomeCondition)
    {
    if (kbhit())        /* first detect if the keyboard was hit */
        {
        key=getch();    /* if it was, then get what key was hit */
        if (key==UP) ....  /* if up was hit, do something*/
        }
    }
}

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