Mail Archives: djgpp/1995/02/27/18:15:20
> Could anyone tell me why it is that when I run the following
> program, it pauses for the keyboard hit _before_ doing any output?
>
> Ponderously yours,
> Rumball
> ---
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <pc.h>
> #define BUFSIZE 1840 /* (80 * 23) */
> #define BLANK ' '
>
> main () {
>
> int i;
> int buf[BUFSIZE];
>
> for ( i = 0; i < BUFSIZE; i++ )
> buf[i] = BLANK;
> buf[0] = 'a';
> buf[BUFSIZE - 1] = 'z';
> for ( i = 0; i < BUFSIZE; i++ )
> printf("%c", buf[i]);
> while (!kbhit())
> ;
> return 0;
> }
>
I've also found this and came to the, perhaps wrong, conclusion that printf
uses a buffered output. If you use cprintf instead it should display at the
expected places.
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