how to put asterisk for password type variables

[stayput212]

as stated in the title

#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	cout << "\tWelcome to Game Developer!" << endl;

	string loginId = "m.003k";
	string password = "s4_33";
	bool loginSuccess;
	char rollDice;
	char playAgain;
	do
	{

		if ( cin.fail() || loginId == "m.003k" || password == "s4_33" ) 
	cout << "\nUsername: ";
	getline (cin,loginId);

	cout << "Password: ";
	getline (cin,password);

	if ( loginId == "m.003k" && password == "s4_33" )
	{
		cout << "\nLogin success.";
		loginSuccess = true;
	}

	else
	{
		cout << "\nLogin failed.";
		loginSuccess = false;
	}

	}while( cin.fail() || loginId != "m.003k" || password != "s4_33" );

	if ( loginSuccess == true )
	{
		cout << "\nDo you want to roll a dice?(y/n) : ";
		cin >> rollDice;
		do
		{
		if ( rollDice == 'y' )
		{
			srand(static_cast<unsigned int>(time(0)));

			int randomNumber = rand();
			int theDice = (randomNumber % 6) + 1;

			cout << "\nYou have rolled " << theDice <<  ".";

		}
		cout << "\nDo you want to play again?(y/n) : ";
		cin >> playAgain;
		}while( playAgain == 'y' );

		
	}

	    system("pause");
		return 0;
}

how do i make it that when the user type in his/her password it will be an asterisk?

thank you in advance.

[ui uiho]

std::cout << '\b' << '*';
that is the only idea i would have. the \b is the back/delete button. if you do this you need to do

std::string s; 
while(char c != '\n'){
        std::cin >> c;//gets the next char
        s += c; //adds char to end of string
        std::cout << '\b' << '*';//replace with an asterisk 
       //there will be a new line char at the end of the name so make sure to delete that
}

[long double main]

This might help:
http://www.cplusplus.com/articles/E6vU7k9E/

[stayput212]

thanks for all the reply.

@long double main, do u have any other articles that give explanation, because my c++ level is only @ the very basic.

[Stewbond]

WIN32's EDIT class contains this exact feature. It can be enabled quite easily there.

I've never seen a professional console app that does this though. Even telnet, svn, fpt, or ssh commands don't ussually do this. If you were to do it, perhaps using the <curses> library would work well.

EDIT: Actually long double main's solution is really nice and easy. Just copy the getpass() and getch() (if applicable) functions exactly as written. Also don't forget to include the appropriate headers.