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8961 :: To prompt one character input only

• mardiyah (orginal) [2022-02-27T11:39:39+01:00] view original

  How to get one character input just like in Bash read -n1 ?

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• DavideGalilei (orginal) [2022-02-27T11:45:08+01:00] view original

  It is possible to use terminal.getch(), but it doesn't show the typed character in the terminal: https://nim-lang.org/docs/terminal.html#getch

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• enthus1ast (orginal) [2022-02-27T16:00:54+01:00] view original

  Must press enter:

  stdout.write("Enter x to exit ")
  let ch = stdin.readChar()
  echo ch
  Run

  Without enter:

  import terminal
  stdout.write("Enter x to exit ")
  let ch = getch()
  echo ch
  Run

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