this is the windows-thang for a keypress-read without enter. output char and ascii-value. loop terminated by ‘#’.

//offensichtlich ein windowsding
#include<stdio.h>//standardinout
//windows for kbhit and getchar
#include<conio.h>
//for sleep
#include<windows.h>
//linux
//#include <termios.h>
//#include <string.h>
int main() {

int countdown;
char ch;
int wert;
char b;
do {
	while(countdown++ <= 1000)
	{  
    		if(b=kbhit())            
        	break;             
    		Sleep(1);   
	}
	ch = getch();
	wert = ch;
	if (b != 0)        
    		{ printf("key %c ascii %d\n", ch, wert);}
} while (ch != '#');
printf ("programmende\n");
return 0;
}