Source Code File 08-08_urpwd

08-08_urpwd.c

#include <ncurses.h>
   
int main()
{
    char name[32];
    char password[32];
    
    initscr();
    
    addstr("Name: ");
    getnstr(name,32);       
    /* disable text output */
    noecho();
    addstr("Password: ");
    getnstr(password,31);
    /* enable text output */
    echo();
    printw("%s's password is '%s'\n",
            name,
            password);
    refresh();
    getch();

    endwin();
    return 0;
}

Output Screenshot

Notes

* Displaying a password after you type it in without echo is, of course, dumb.

* More difficult is to write a routine that displays asterisks instead of characters input. Creating such a function is possible in Ncurses, and I leave it up to you to concoct such a thing.

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