Member Avatar for Vladnaka

Is there any way to use standard C++ to wait for user input? And by input I don't mean just the enter key, I mean ANY key will continue executing code. I know about the conio.h and Windows.h libraries but those aren't standard C++ and I really want to get out of the habit of using them.

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Member Avatar for pseudorandom21

No I think you have to use the OS API.
Sorry.

Member Avatar for L7Sqr

There are libraries that try to provide this behavior across multiple platforms. PDcurses is one example.

Member Avatar for jaskij

I'm not that good with streams and such, but you could try using istream::get or getc if you are using cstdio .

Member Avatar for WaltP

No. They wait for the ENTER to be pressed

Edited by WaltP because: n/a
commented: My bad :( +4
Member Avatar for jaskij

My bad then :(
Sorry about that. A lib it is then.

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