From: "Phoenix Magus" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: C++ Q: Basic I/O w/Screen & Keyboard Lines: 35 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 06:04:20 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.57.46.80 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT verio DOT net X-Trace: sea-read.news.verio.net 1001311460 209.57.46.80 (Mon, 24 Sep 2001 06:04:20 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 06:04:20 GMT Organization: Verio To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com I'm a confused novist. I've read what I can understand from iostream.h and tutorials from the net. I've semi-learned a lot of things I wasn't even looking for and still not much of what I was. If info gave information on how, specifically, to do what I'd like to I didn't catch on to it. If you could point me to a place I could get information which is closer to what I'm looking for I'd be greatful. I want to be able to display a field with a format to the screen and have the user fill it in. I think I saw something in the info from iostream.h but there seemed only to be a reference to being able to input with "`printf'-style format control string" I tried looking in other info files for printf but the only other reference says something about a file not being there when I try to enter the node. I also would like to be accept a single character at a time while the program is looping through other stuff. I know I saw a command that could tell if a button was pressed, and that it was quick and could be used in a loop, but that seemed to be all it did. After I've retrieved my input and processed it, I'd like to be able to print any length string to any row and column. I saw many commands for this but the miriad of possibilities was simply causing more confusion to my already addled brain. I am, for now, unable to understand the need for so many of them. Since there are so many, I need to figure out which I should use and which I should avoid. I hope the questions are understandable. Thank You Very Much in advance. Bryce Byrd