how to "wait for any key"

[Alexander Malkis]

What is the most portable way of "waiting for any key", i.e. the user
who runs a program from the console should observe the following:

- the program stops running
- as soon as the user presses any keyboard key (alphanum/Enter), the
program continues.

Thanks a lot,
Alex.

[Alf P. Steinbach]

Re: how to "wait for any key"

* Alexander Malkis <alexloeschedie smalk@line.cs.u ni-sb.de> schriebt:[color=blue]
> What is the most portable way of "waiting for any key", i.e. the user
> who runs a program from the console should observe the following:
>
> - the program stops running
> - as soon as the user presses any keyboard key (alphanum/Enter), the
> program continues.[/color]

There's no portable way.

See the FAQ:
<url: http://www.parashift.c om/c++-faq-lite/input-output.html#faq-15.17>.

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[Julián Albo]

Re: how to &quot;wait for any key&quot;

Alexander Malkis escribió:
[color=blue]
> What is the most portable way of "waiting for any key", i.e. the user[/color]

There is no portable way.

Regards.