displaying * in password entery

[dooda man]

how can i make the program display * in password entery
i tried

while(getch())
{
cout<<"*";
}

but it didnt work
plz tell me how

[Narue]

>but it didnt work
What were you expecting and what did it do that wasn't what you wanted? I can guarantee that you need more logic than that to mask a password entry.

[cosi]

You have to turn terminal local echo off. This is often specific to what kind of terminal you are using. Are you using the windows command prompt?

Ed

how can i make the program display * in password entery
i tried

while(getch())
{
cout<<"*";
}

but it didnt work
plz tell me how

[FireNet]

Search the forum,I remmember typing out an entire function to get passwords while displaying *'s and supporting backspace too.

In a hurry gota go...