Unbuffered IOstream transforming char to int...

[Ponchosam]

Hey. I'm pretty new to coding and all, and don't really know it yet. I'm trying to piece together a program that allows for a key to be changed into an integer and display it as a point value without the need for the return key to be pressed, and found two source codes that get me there. One is:

#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <windows.h>

char pressanykey( const char *prompt )
  {
  DWORD        mode;
  HANDLE       hstdin;
  INPUT_RECORD inrec;
  DWORD        count;
  char         default_prompt[] = "press the 'any' key...";
  char         result           = '\0';

  /* Set the console mode to no-echo, raw input, */
  /* and no window or mouse events.              */
  hstdin = GetStdHandle( STD_INPUT_HANDLE );
  if (hstdin == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE
  || !GetConsoleMode( hstdin, &mode )
  || !SetConsoleMode( hstdin, 0 ))
    return result;

  if (!prompt) prompt = default_prompt;

  /* Instruct the user */
  WriteConsole(
    GetStdHandle( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE ),
    prompt,
    lstrlen( prompt ),
    &count,
    NULL
    );

  FlushConsoleInputBuffer( hstdin );

  /* Wait for and get a single key PRESS */
  do ReadConsoleInput( hstdin, &inrec, 1, &count );
  while ((inrec.EventType != KEY_EVENT) || !inrec.Event.KeyEvent.bKeyDown);

  /* Remember which key the user pressed */
  result = inrec.Event.KeyEvent.uChar.AsciiChar;

  /* Wait for and get a single key RELEASE */
  do ReadConsoleInput( hstdin, &inrec, 1, &count );
  while ((inrec.EventType != KEY_EVENT) || inrec.Event.KeyEvent.bKeyDown);

  /* Restore the original console mode */
  SetConsoleMode( hstdin, mode );

  return result;
  }
  const char* messages[ 3 ] =
  {
  "Press the 'any' key...",
  "\n\rAck! Not that one! Try again.",
  "\n\rWoah! Watch it! Press the ANY key!"
  };


int main()
  {
  int  i;
  char keys[ 4 ];

  for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
    keys[ i ] = toupper( pressanykey( messages[ i ] ) );
  keys[ 3 ] = '\0';

  if (strcmp( keys, "ANY" ) == 0)
    printf( "\nFinally! Thank you.\n" );
  else
    printf( "\nOh forget it!\n" );

  printf( "\n\n\n\n\n" );
  pressanykey( "Press any key to quit. (Seriously this time.)" );

  return 0;
  }

and the other is:

/* strcmp example */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main ()
{
  char szKey[] = "apple";
  char szInput[80];
  do {
     printf ("Guess my favourite fruit? ");
     gets (szInput);
  } while (strcmp (szKey,szInput) != 0);
  puts ("Correct answer!");
  return 0;
}

The latter I understand well enough to edit, and the former does the thing where you don't have to press enter.
However, with less than a week of coding experience ever, I just can't figure out how to integrate the second source code into the first one, to have, basically, the second code's function without the return key.