(jeffa) Re: stdin problem

use strict;
use Term::ReadKey;

print qq(Please enter a character: );

ReadMode 'cbreak';
my $ans = ReadKey(0);
ReadMode 'normal';

print qq(\nYour character is '$ans'\n);<p>
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Re: (jeffa) Re: stdin problem by Rich36 (Chaplain) on Oct 10, 2001 at 01:53 UTC
Thanks very much. That worked great. I wouldn't have even known to look for that module... Rich36	[reply]
perldoc -q is your friend by Fletch (Bishop) on Oct 10, 2001 at 22:02 UTC
`perldoc -q key` eventually will show the following (which mentions `Term::ReadKey` in adition to other mechanisms): `Found in /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/pod/perlfaq5.pod How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?` [download]	[reply] [d/l]