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From: harry@matilda.UK.Sun.COM (Harry Protoolis - Sun EHQ)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: getchar()
Summary: getchar() problem, line buffering
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Date: 5 Mar 91 17:07:04 GMT
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Marc,

Your problem is that your system is line buffering input. (yes, even getchar()
does this).

Assuming that your are on a Unix system you can turn this off using
ioctl to turn off cbreak mode (read tty(4)) to your input device. If
you are running DOS I don't know, but there is certainly an equivalent.

Cheers
Harry Protoolis

Harry.Protoolis@UK.Sun.COM