INKEY$ doesn't work with fixed length strings

[SMcNeill]

Works as expected. Try this:

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TYPE tt

    ' Use 2 bytes to capture 2 byte combinations

    'k AS STRING ' Works

    k AS STRING * 2 ' Does Not work

END TYPE



DIM AS tt t



DO

    t.k = INKEY$

    PRINT "k:"; t.k

    _limit 10

LOOP

The issue is you're printing it in an loop. You press "A", it pops up on the screen for a poop, and then the loop just keeps repeating, and it's replaced almost instantly by nothing as it waits for the next keypress to poop up the next key being processed.