Writing a function to read a password from the console

[failbit]

Hello, I am trying to write a function that reads a password. The function hides the characters (with an asterisk) and stores them in a std::string.

Here it is:

std::string GetPassword() {
	std::string pass;
	char read;
	while ( (read = getch()) != '\n' ) {
		if ( isalnum(read) || read == ' ' ) {
			putch('*');
			pass.append(&read);
		}
		else if ( read == '\b' ) {
			if ( pass.length() > 0 ) {
				printf("\b\b");
				pass = pass.substr(0, pass.length()-1);
			}
		}
	}
	return pass;
}

It requires conio.h, cstdio (stdio.h) and cstdlib (stdlib.h)

The problem is that it does not read anything or write any asterisks to the terminal.

[yUq2Nwbp]

failbit it works incorrect here < pass.append(&read) >....try to print pass and you'll see unknown symbols.......it works correct when you pass std::string to append or char*.....