Borland getch() equivalent in Visual C++

[Archalien]

Is there a Visual C++ equivalent to Borlands:

conio.h

getch()

to keep a console program from closing at the end of execution???

I saw another post here that uses a request for a dummy variable, but I was hoping for a better method than that.

Any help appreciated!!!

[talleyrand]

What, you don't like my hack?

Well, I decided to ask an old friend (google) what they thought and here's what I found.
#include <stdio.h>
ought to have a getchar() function
#include <stdlib.h>
also has a system ("PAUSE");

I don't have 6.0 installed anymore so I can't actually test it but it seems probable.

[Archalien]

thx 4 the

[bbadmin]

With MSVC, I always use this:

#include <io.h>
char c;
_read(0, &c, 1);

Of course, that's not portable, so "_read" must be "read", with Borland, and with gcc it becomes:

#include <unistd.h>
char c;
read(0, &c, 1);

Keith MacDonald
Helios Software Solutions