Best way to detect keypress in C

[Entice]

I need to be able to detect key presses/combinations in C, more specifically: Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, arrow keys, etc.

I read about ncurses, but I want my code to be as "standard"/platform independent as possible. Is there a good way to detect key presses using just the functions in the standard library?

I also read about getchar() but I'm not sure if that's what I'm looking for.

[kiwi-kiwi]

Don't really know if there is something like that, what crosses my mind right now is make a standard function that returns a code for key combinations and put the linux implementation in a file, windows implementation in a file etc. then use the preprocessor to define #L for linux #W for windows, something like that. Then when you need to read keyboard combinations you just include the appropriate file.

[Dragonslayerk]

maybe do a

if(keypress==(key you want){
if(keypress==(other key){
blah,blahblah}
}

That might work.

[Venks]

I sure do with there was a preview button{
     Cus I'm really just trying to see how this code option works
}

//Sorry for the spam

[henke37]

At 1/9/10 11:00 AM, Dragonslayerk wrote: maybe do a

if(keypress==(key you want){
if(keypress==(other key){
blah,blahblah}
}

That might work.

You forgot two things that are kinda important: how keypress is set and what value to use for the comparisons.

[eerr]

There are two ways I have found this setup.

One, is that in my current c # program, Keys are detected by constantly retrieving them from something that detects the keys which are pressed. Which I don't get to see.

The other, is that you can ask the operating system directly to call a method with input from the keyboard.
But you want to be platform independant, so you'll still need a library.
Go figure.