From: Park Heesob <phasis@...>
Date: 2002-08-28T11:23:08+09:00
Subject: Re: question: passive console input

Hi,

"AW" <sturmpanzer@metacrawler.com> wrote in message
news:58Oa9.140064$vg.23731191@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> Hi, how is it that i'm able to read console input without halting the
> program. I want my program to run and update itself, but when a user
> presses a single key the program will read it precess it. Is there an
> ansi function to do this? any non ansi function? i'm writing this
> under windows.

What about this?

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require 'Win32API'

kbhit = Win32API.new("crtdll", "_kbhit", [], 'L')
getch = Win32API.new("crtdll", "_getch", [], 'L')

for i in 0 .. 100000
  puts "#{i} #{getch.Call.chr} pressed" if kbhit.Call != 0
end
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Park Heesob