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KEY
- Function declaration
- Example

KEY

[pet] [vic20] [c64] [c16] [cplus4] [c128]

The KEY() function tests whether a specified key is being depressed on the keyboard.

Function declaration

DECLARE FUNCTION _
KEY AS BYTE (scancode AS WORD) SHARED STATIC INLINE

For the list of scan codes on particular platforms, see Keyboard scan codes.

Example

CONST Q = 32576 ' scan code for Q key
PRINT "press Q key to quit program"
DO : LOOP UNTIL KEY(Q)
PRINT "good bye"
END