getche

Gets character from the keyboard, echoes to screen.

Defined in header <conio.h>

Syntax

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

Portability

Remarks

getche reads a single character jfrom the keyboard and echoes it to the current text window, using direct video or BIOS.

Return value

getche returns the character read from the keyboard.

See also

• cgets
• cscanf
• fgetc
• getc
• getch
• getchar
• kbhit
• putch
• ungetch

Example

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

int main(void)
{
   char ch; •
   printf ("Input a character:");
   ch = getche ();
   printf ("\nYou input a '%c'\n", ch);
   return 0;

Differences from modern implementations

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Modern references

• Microsoft C runtime (search)

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