Simple header to quickly get rid of echoing when printing to console. If specified, it prints the int and the int and the char value of the key pressed.

easy_input.h

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// Author: Pietro Lazzarotto                //  
// Credits 2019                             //  
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#pragma once
#include <cstdio>
#include <conio.h>

#define RELEASED 0
// WARNING: Update the prefix with the first value shown in the output (console),
// if when pressing arrow keys it prints 2 lines.
// [Remember to pass true to the method]
#define ARROW_PREFIX -32

/*
* Reads single key pressed with optional echoing.
* Param: pass true if you want to see the value of the key pressed
* Returns: the char equivalent of the key pressed
*/
static inline char get_char(bool show = false)
{
    char ch = _getch();

    // overridig arrow keys prefix if found
    if (ch == ARROW_PREFIX)
    {
        ch = _getch();
    }

    // prints the int value of the key and the char itself
    if (show && ch != RELEASED)
    {
        printf("%d - %c\n", ch, ch);
    }

    return ch;
}