OpenEuphoria

Re: A pitiful little question.

• Posted by JJProg at CYBERBURY.NET Jun 23, 1999
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EU>ok, well I have an idea for my very first "program," if you can call it
EU>that... I'd just like to print something, and then terminate the window
EU>when the user presses a key. I know this is very very simple, but oh
EU>well... I know almost nothing about Euphoria. Hopefully that'll change,
EU>but for now, I'll be anxiously awaiting a reply.

EU>Thanks,

EU>Philip

EU>PS- I know it has something to do with puts(1, "Type something here\") or
EU>something like that, but when I do just that the program window flashes
EU>on the screen for about .01seconds. if I keep on clicking on the program,
EU>i can see that the words do indeed show up, it's just a matter of making
EU>the window stay there until a key is pressed. hmm

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Use get_key() like so:

puts(1,"Press any key to end the program.")
while get_key() = -1 do
end while

Jeffrey Fielding
JJProg at cyberbury.net
http://members.tripod.com/~JJProg/