KEY_ENTER vs '\n'?

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Published on 2010-06-03T04:27:55Z Indexed on 2010/06/03 4:34 UTC
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When I'm using PDcurses and I try to have a while loop exit when the enter key is pressed with while(key != KEY_ENTER), the while loop never exits. However, when I try to have the same loop exit with while((char)key != '\n'), it exits successfully whenever I pressed enter. What's the difference?

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