C continue after buffer clear

Question

I'm using while(getchar()!= '\n'); to clear the buffer if the user inputs more than one character.

If more than one character is entered the program doesn't get stuck. But if one character is entered the program waits for me to hit enter to continue. How can i get it to continue even if only one character is entered? Thanks for any help provided!

Answer 1

You can check the keyboard buffer before committing to a read

while (kbhit()) getch();