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1) conio.h is a non-standard header file that was used by some old MS-DOS C compilers to provide console input/output functionality. 2) It included routines for controlling the console display like moving the cursor, clearing the screen. 3) Some common functions included in conio.h are clrscr() to clear the screen, cgets() to read a string, getch() to read a character, and putch() to write a character.

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1) conio.h is a non-standard header file that was used by some old MS-DOS C compilers to provide console input/output functionality. 2) It included routines for controlling the console display like moving the cursor, clearing the screen. 3) Some common functions included in conio.h are clrscr() to clear the screen, cgets() to read a string, getch() to read a character, and putch() to write a character.

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TheClanguagedoesn'thaveaheader"conio.h".
Thereareanumberoflibrariesovertheyearsthathaveincludedaheaderwiththatname.
ThemostwidelyknownisprobablytheMSDOSconsolelibrary.Thatlibraryincluded
routinesforcontrollingtheconsoledisplay(movingthecursor,clearingthescreen,etc.).
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That'sa(nonstandard)headerthatwasusedbysomeoldMDDOSCcompilersto
facilitateconsoleinput/output.Obsoletetoday,unlessyouspecificallydevelopwithMS
DOSasatargetsystem.Ifyou'renot,youmightbebetteroffupdatingyourcompiler
suite/learningresourcestosomethingnewer(andperhaps,morestandardcompliant).
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PriortoSTL98standardization,mostoftheSTLheaderfileshad(.h)fileextensions.It
wasdecidedtoremoveto.hextensionatsomepointintime.I'mnotsurewhythiswas
decided,butpossiblytoprovideuniquenessFormoreinfo,see .
conio.hisaBorland/MSspecificheaderthatcontainedconsoleI/Ofunctionality,andis
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andprovideanextralayerthatallowsthe"user"tobeindependentoftheactualfolder
organization.Thismightbeanadditionalreason.
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IagreewithVivekChoudhary
Ifyouareaskingthisquestion,Ifeelyouarelearningfromthewrongsources.
AsapersonwhohasbeenteachingCforcloseto20yearsandhaswrittenatextbookalso,
ItoofeelthatyoushouldNOTwasteyourvaluabletimelearningDOSbasedC
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IalsoknowthatmanyofthepopularIndiantextbooksusethisalotbutpleasedonotuse
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Bestofluck!
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1.clrscr()Itisusedtoclearthescreen
2.cgets()Readsastringfromthekeyboard
3.getch()Readsacharacterfromkeyboard
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