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perl question

Kev · 2001-07-20 14:01:00

i know its unlikely but does anyone know of a way to do unbuffered single charater console input thats portable and doesnt require downloading extra modules. Mr. Chuffy

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20-07-2001 3:01pm

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Kev

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i know its unlikely but does anyone know of a way to do unbuffered single charater console input thats portable and doesnt require downloading extra modules.
Mr. Chuffy

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#2 21-07-2001 12:30am
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em not me, but I would also like to know the answer, I miss me old getc() function.

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#3 21-07-2001 12:50am
d4r3n

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if perl's old getc() function was anything like C's getc() function id suprised ur not happy its gone, all those possible buffer overflow exploits

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#4 21-07-2001 1:32pm
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bah, IM SO STUPID, i got getc() confused with gets(), i blame alcohol.

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#5 23-07-2001 12:23am
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I was talking about c's getc() function, and saying how much I missed not being able to use something like it in perl.

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#6 25-07-2001 2:17pm
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$key = getc(STDIN);

However this isn't system independent. To do this properly, get yourself the Term::ReadKey module.

Phil.

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