How can I make it so if the user hits the arrow key that the program will see it as input in a console application? I am using the Dev C++ compiler.
TMcIsaac 0 Newbie Poster
g8trGTO 0 Newbie Poster
I think you'll probably have to check out the Windows API (if you are using Windows) for that. Check out http://msdn.microsoft.com there's a lot of good information on there assuming you can find what you are looking for.
If you are on UNIX/Linux you can get that from the X11 libraries. I can't remember exactly what the code looks like, but X11 will poll the keyboard and return an event anytime a key is pressed. There are some resources out on the web for more info.
Hope that helps.
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
download this brief example program. and look at tic2a.c. It uses non-standard functions but might work with your compiler if you include conio.h.
nanodano 0 Junior Poster in Training
This is a code snippet I wrote about keyboard input. It includes a demonstration of the arrow keys being read.
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