Why does getch() in c not work on my mac os x?

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I use mac OS X Yosemite. Getchar() works fine, but getch() does not work. It says "Implicit declaration of function 'getch' is invalid in C99.

AFAIK, there is no `getch()` is stnadard `C`. `getchar() ` **is** the standard. — Sourav Ghosh, Jul 13 '15 at 09:38

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 13 '15 at 09:33

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getch() is declared in conio.h which is not part of the Standard C Library.

From Wikipedia:

conio.h is a C header file used mostly by MS-DOS compilers to provide console input/output. It is not part of the C standard library or ISO C, nor is it defined by POSIX.

answered Jul 13 '15 at 09:33

Sadique

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ok, so How can I get the header file? – Jin kim Jul 13 '15 at 09:37
Check your compiler manual. – Sadique Jul 13 '15 at 09:40
http://sourceforge.net/projects/myconio/ – udit043 Jul 13 '15 at 11:09

Why does getch() in c not work on my mac os x?

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