Key-press detection

I am using C++ (with the Visual C++ compiler) on Windows XP, and I am hoping
to develop a simple computer game. I would like to know if there is a way to
detect which key the user is pressing, eg, if the user is pressing 'a', can
that be transferred into a character? Can you write:

char c = GetKeyPress();

or something similar?

Mny thanks for help on this!


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