From:	"Robinson S." <roby AT lords DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Trap Keyboard Events
Date:	Sun, 29 Aug 1999 00:39:10 -0400
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Al Morgan wrote:
> 
> I think what you want is...  "kbhit()".   It will return true when a key has
> been pressed, like this:
> 
> #include <iostream.h>
> #include <conio.h>        // kbhit is in there, i think it might be in
> stdlib.h too, not sure.
> 
> void main()
>     {
>     int n = 0;
>     while(!kbhit())
>         {
>         cout << n++ << endl;
>         }
>     }
> 
> This program will count from 0 to infinity until the user presses a key.
> 
> Is that what you were looking for?
>     Al [muaddib AT proaxis DOT com]


Thank u, the _kbhit() function from conio.h works (there seems to be no
kbhit() function--needs the _ at beginning). This maybe because of the
compiler I am using: lcc-win32.


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Robinson S.,
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