Simple question.

[Henry Spencer]

In article <24528 at well.sf.ca.us> ron at well.sf.ca.us (Ronald Hayden) writes:
>> Could someone please tell me if it is possible to read a string with
>> scanf() and not have the string printed on the screen.
>
>scanf() will always echo the characters, but getchar() won't...

Wrong; on any sane system, scanf() and getchar() use precisely the same
machinery for getting characters, and both normally echo them.

Note:  "on any sane system".  The fact is, this is an operating-system
question, not a C question.  C provides no standard way to do it.  This
question should be asked in some operating-system-specific group, like
comp.os.msdos.programmer.  Looking at comp.lang.c's Frequently Asked
Questions list might also be fruitful, since this is an FAQ.
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