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From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Simple question.
Message-ID: <1504@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 12 May 91 16:06:56 GMT
References: <6131@gara.une.oz.au> <241@sojurn.UUCP>
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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>In article <6131@gara.une.oz.au> cfiddyme@gara.une.oz.au (Kith Kanan) writes:
>>
>> Could someone please tell me if it is possible to read a string with
>> scanf() and not have the string printed on the screen.
>>                          Thanks.
>>                                 Chris.

Manipulating character echo on input is a system-specific thing.
There is no provision in the C standard for turning off echo, or
reading characters without hitting return, or many other useful
but rather system specific things.

I suggest you read your system manual, or re-ask your question in
a machine specific group, or even (gasp!) ask someone at your local site.



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