_CINP
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The _CINP function returns keyboard key press codes from a $CONSOLE window. Windows-only.
Syntax
- keycode& = _CINP
Description
- Return values are the same as the ones for INP when used to read keyboard input. See table below.
- Negative values returned indicate that a key was released or a lock function key has been turned off.
- Keyword not supported in Linux or macOS versions
' Extended Keyboard Press Scancodes
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' Esc F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 SysReq ScrL Pause
' 1 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 87 88 0 70 29
' `~ 1! 2@ 3# 4$ 5% 6^ 7& 8* 9( 0) -_ =+ BkSpc Insert Home PgUp NumL / * -
' 41 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 82 71 73 69 53 55 74
' Tab Q W E R T Y U I O P [{ ]} \| Delete End PgDn 7/Home 8/▲ 9/PU +
' 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 43 83 79 81 71 72 73 78
' CapL A S D F G H J K L ;: '" Enter 4/◄- 5 6/-► E
' 58 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 28 75 76 77 n
' Shift Z X C V B N M ,< .> /? Shift ▲ 1/End 2/▼ 3/PD t
' 42 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 72 79 80 81 e
' Ctrl Win Alt Spacebar Alt Win Menu Ctrl ◄- ▼ -► 0/Insert ./Del r
' 29 91 56 57 56 92 93 29 75 80 77 82 83 28
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Examples
Example 1: Reading individual key strokes from a console window (Windows).
$CONSOLE:ONLY _DEST _CONSOLE: _SOURCE _CONSOLE PRINT "Press any key, and I'll give you the scan code for it. <ESC> quits the demo." PRINT PRINT DO x = _CONSOLEINPUT IF x = 1 THEN 'read only keyboard input ( = 1) c = _CINP PRINT c; END IF LOOP UNTIL c = 1 END |
See also