macOS Xcode C++ help! Replacing input as it is recieved

[unknown.exe]

Sup, I'm writing a C++ program that requires you to input a password before giving the user access to the full program. My question is, how can I replace the input with asteriks while the user is typing, like login screens on computers. I've heard about echo and other things like that, but nobody is being very specific with their answer... I've only been programming C++ for 12 weeks. So can anyone tell me in terms that a 9th grader in a C++ class with an incompetent teacher can understand?

 

[unknown.exe]

PS: I'm not using usernames...

 

[ChrisBrightwell]

Add this to your vocabulary: "functional decomposition"

 

[yeroen]

Does the password prompt come wrapped in a GUI or is it at the command line?

 

[unknown.exe]

Does the password prompt come wrapped in a GUI or is it at the command line?

guys I'm using pretty basic C++, please don't make it complicated, nut it's in Xccode, not the command line.

 

[Cromulent]

guys I'm using pretty basic C++, please don't make it complicated, nut it's in Xccode, not the command line.

If you are not using a GUI then you are, by default, using the command line to execute your program.

 

[kainjow]

First off, you shouldn't make a new thread for this when you already have an existing thread.

Second, when was the last time you saw at the command line your password being replaced with asterisks? AFAIK, passwords entered in the terminal are never shown (e.g. sudo) if using the appropriate calls. Passwords entered in the GUI are replaced with asterisks. This is the standard behavior I've seen, and the answer for doing this has already been given.

 

[ChrisBrightwell]

Second, when was the last time you saw at the command line your password being replaced with asterisks?

I always saw it in the hacker flicks and thought it would be awesome to have the asterisks pop up when I type my password at the CLI.

 

[pilotError]

I answered this in one of your two other threads.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/396755/

You need to put forth a little creativity...