Is there a way to detect if a key has been pressed?

Question

I am compiling and executing my programs in cygwin on a windows computer. I am quite inexperienced in C but I would like a way to detect if a key has been pressed without prompt

Answer 1

Most of Dos, Windows 3.x or win32 platform provide the file conio.h, but unix or linux Os is not provide this file normally. If you use unix or linux Os , you must download it on the internet By yourself. i hope my answer is useful for you.