getch - C++

You could wait for _kbhit() to return non-zero and then cin.get() the key that was hit, but I don't think its a very good solution, as _kbhit() is deprecated and may only work in MSVC++ (I'm not sure on this as thats really the only compiler I use often).

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Original post by daniel_i_l How can I get input without the user haveing to press enter (like in a game for controling the arrows) in a console (dos) window with C++? - I'm not using Borland so my compiler (Dev) doesn't support the getch that comes with conio.h. Thanks.

Windows API has a function, GetAsyncKeyState (Clicky), that can be used for this.

#include <windows.h>while(true){    if(GetAsyncKeyState(VK_LEFT) & 0x80000000)        ; // The left arrow key is down.    if(GetAsyncKeyState(VK_RIGHT) & 0x80000000)        ; // The right arrow key is down.    // Etc.}