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From: elder@wpafb-info2.arpa (ELDER.GREG)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: No Echo Input Under MS-DOS
Message-ID: <11055@brl-adm.ARPA>
Date: 31 Dec 87 07:21:04 GMT
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I'm fairly new to C and am trying to write a program using the
Datalight Optimum-C compiler version 3.01 under MS-DOS Version 2.18.
Here is the pixDeqce of code I am having trouble with:

	printf("Enter a key: ");
	key = getch();		/* Get keyboard character without echoing */
	printf("\nYou entered %c\n", key);

When I run the program the screen remains blank until I hit a key.  Only
after pressing a key does the program then respond with "Enter a key: "
and "You entered <character>".  Does anyone know why this happend?  Why
doesn't the prompt display and then wait for the user to press a key?
Is there something unique about Datalight Optimum-C which causes this?

Please reply directly to me as I am not on the INFO-C distribution list.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Greg Elder
elder@wpafb-info2.arpa
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