OpenEuphoria

Keyboard Related Routines

get_key

<built-in> function get_key() 

returns the key that was pressed by the user, without waiting. Special codes are returned for the function keys, arrow keys, and so on.

Returns:

An integer, either -1 if no key waiting, or the code of the next key waiting in keyboard buffer.

Comments:

The operating system can hold a small number of key-hits in its keyboard buffer. get_key will return the next one from the buffer, or -1 if the buffer is empty.

Run the .../euphoria/demo/key.ex program to see what key code is generated for each key on your keyboard.

Example 1:

integer n = get_key() 
if n=-1 then 
    puts(1, "No key waiting.\n") 
end if 

See Also:

wait_key