what is the difference between getch() and getche()?

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what is the difference between getch() and getche()?..

Answer / m.karthiga

the getch() does not echo any characters. but getche()
should echo the characters

Is This Answer Correct ?    67 Yes 7 No

what is the difference between getch() and getche()?..

Answer / rama krishna sidhartha

Here are some examples for getch() and getche() to distinguish :

Example for getch() :

main()
{
getch();
}
OUTPUT : black screen(nothing is displayed)

Example for getche() :

main()
{
getche();
}
OUTPUT : u(the cursor waits for sometime untill you press
any key from the keyboard after pressing it immediately goes
to blue screen)

Is This Answer Correct ?    40 Yes 10 No

what is the difference between getch() and getche()?..

Answer / azad sable,chiplun.

The 'e' in getche() fuction means it echoes(display) the
character that you typed to the screen.As against it ,getch
()just returns the character that that you typed without
echoing it on the screen.

Is This Answer Correct ?    25 Yes 2 No

what is the difference between getch() and getche()?..

Answer / beulah david

Both getch() and getche() are used to read single character
there is very little difference
For Example.....
1.
main()
{
getch();
}
after running the above program

when you press any key, you'll exit from output screen
verify the output by pressing alt+F5

will not show anything
OUTPUT : black screen(nothing is displayed)

2.
main()
{
getche();
}

will show the key you were pressed

OUTPUT : u(the cursor waits for sometime untill you press
any key from the keyboard after pressing it immediately goes
to blue screen)

Is This Answer Correct ?    15 Yes 9 No

what is the difference between getch() and getche()?..

Answer / ayaskanta

getch is used to get a character from keyboard. once a key
is pressed it goes back to blue screen. In the case of
getche the compiler waits for you to press ENTER after you
have entered another character through keyboard.

Is This Answer Correct ?    14 Yes 9 No

what is the difference between getch() and getche()?..

Answer / umer khan

getch() is a library file to #include <conio.h> which is mostly used in stidios compiler......
while getche() takes input frm the user withtout presing '\r'

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 5 No

what is the difference between getch() and getche()?..

Answer / rambabu

these two are different where the difference is identified
as when we r using getch() for get the echo output it is
black screen and as well as getche() it containsa blue screen

Is This Answer Correct ?    7 Yes 15 No

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