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displaying * in password entery

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how can i make the program display * in password entery
i tried


while(getch())
{
cout<<"*";
}

but it didnt work
plz tell me how
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Re: displaying * in password entery

>but it didnt work
What were you expecting and what did it do that wasn't what you wanted? I can guarantee that you need more logic than that to mask a password entry.
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Re: displaying * in password entery

You have to turn terminal local echo off. This is often specific to what kind of terminal you are using. Are you using the windows command prompt?


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Quote originally posted by dooda man ...
how can i make the program display * in password entery
i tried


while(getch())
{
cout<<"*";
}

but it didnt work
plz tell me how
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Search the forum,I remmember typing out an entire function to get passwords while displaying *'s and supporting backspace too.

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