getch

Gets character from keyboard, does not echo to screen.

Defined in header <conio.h>

Syntax

#include <conio.h>
int getch(void);

Portability

Remarks

getch reads a single character directly from the keyboard, without echoing to the screen.

Return value

getch returns the character read from the keyboard.

See also

• cgets
• cscant
• fgetc
• gate
• getchar
• getche
• getpass
• kbhit
• putch^
• ungetch

Example

Jlnclude  <conio.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main (void)
 {
   int c;
   int extended  = 0;
   c = getch 0 ;
   if  (!c)
      extended  = getch();
   if  (extended)
      printfC'The  character is extended\n");
   else
      printfC'The  character isn't extended\n");

   return  0;

Differences from modern implementations

Nothing recorded yet.

Modern references

• Microsoft C runtime (search)

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Stable link: /3.1/conio.h/getch/ · short form /3.1/getch/