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[chandangang]

i want to make a program such that if i press the down arrow key , my name is displayed .

so how do i get input from the user as the down arrow key??

please help !!

[chandangang]

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[demosthenes2k8]

First of all, what OS and compiler are you using?

[chandangang]

c++ compiler

windows operating system

[Bazzy]

I think the shorter way would be something like this:
while(true) cout << (GetAsyncKeyState(VK_DOWN)||GetAsyncKeyState(VK_UP)?"hello!":" ") << "\b\b\b\b\b\b";

(windows.h required)
GetAsyncKeyState returns 0 if the given key is up, non-zero when it is down

VK_DOWN, VK_UP are maros for key

"\b\b\b\b\b\b" puts the cursor back (each '\b' is a step)
For this you should better use SetConsoleCursorPosition

[chandangang]

im using c++ compiler not c compiler

[chandangang]

please help someone

[chandangang]

please help someone

[bluezor]

Bazzy's code works on a MinGW Compiler..

[Bazzy]

I think my code would work on any c++ compiler for windows