Console Keyboard hit detection and interpretting

Question

Hey so it\'s been reccomended to me that i should use the kdhit() function to detect a keypress in a console window:

\"If it\'s Windows, the kbhit( ) function is the guy

Answer 1

Use _kbhit() to test if a key is pressed. and when it is use _getch() to get the value. (note _getch() can return 0 or 0xE0 for special keys and call _getch() again for that value) for displaying the characters while reading use _getche().