Getting pressed keyboard key in ASCII code

main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>

using namespace std;

int main() {
  char ch;
  while(true) {
    if(_kbhit()) { // check if key has been pressed
      ch = _getch();
      cout << "Key pressed: " << (int)ch << endl; // print ASCII code of key
    }
  }
  return 0;
}