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Description
Read a keyboard character event from the console input buffer.
Function will return immediately.
Syntax
s = Console_InkeyB
Returns
String
Parameters
Name |
Type |
Optional |
Meaning |
None |
Remarks
Function will return different string length depending on event:
Len |
Meaning |
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0 |
Nothing in the input buffer |
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1 |
A standard keyboard key was pressed |
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2 |
An extended keyboard key was pressed. In this case the first char is zero, while the second is the extended keyboard code.
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Restrictions
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Examples
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