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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: learning c
Keywords: getchar()
Message-ID: <9148@alice.UUCP>
Date: 4 Apr 89 03:34:18 GMT
References: <1091@bnlux0.bnl.gov> <584@greens.UUCP>
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Liberty Corner NJ
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In article <584@greens.UUCP>, matthew@sunpix.UUCP ( Sun NCAA) writes:

>     I know your problem well.  What you are looking for is a 'getch()' or
> 'getche()' function in place of the 'getchar()' function.  Barring that try

> c = getchar();
> fflush(stdin);

Why depend so intimately on the detailed behavior of the
C run-time library?  Not all implementations support
fflush(stdin).  The following is much more portable:

	c = getchar();
	if (c != '\n')
		while (getchar() != '\n')
			;
-- 
				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@europa.att.com