Silent Pause in PLAY being skipped

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Take a look at line 1 and print how to exit. Some people need literal instructions. I used your code to figure it out. The ' _KeyHit <> 27' told me that you used the 'Esc' key. I have not seen this code before. I figured '_KeyHit' means something like a key pressed. '<>' other than 27. 27 is ascii for 'Esc'. I hope I did not over do the explaining on my part. I like what you did.

_Keyhit is alternate to INKEY$ returning a number as opposed to letter(s).

The QB64 IDE has handy Tool on main menu, 2nd down from Tool: "Insert Quick Keycode" which will insert keycode into your code with very next keypress combo you make. Further these numbers are positive of negative depending if you just pressed a key and are still holding down (better than Inkey$) or released (like Inkey$).

There is also a _KeyDown(Keynumber) option that works great for keypress combinations.
Shift = _Keydown(shiftKeyNumber) ' shift is true or false
Great for picking up Alt, Ctrl, Shift combos with regualar letter keys probably explained better in Wiki.