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getche in C

getche function prompts the user to press a character and that character is printed on the screen.

C code for getche

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>

main()
{
   printf("Waiting for a character to be pressed from the keyboard to exit.");

   getche();
   return 0;
}

Run this program and press a character. Then view the user screen (Alt+F5) if using Turbo C compiler. You will find the character printed on the screen if you pressed a printable character. Try pressing enter or tab key (non-printable) characters also.