DIK_A is a previously defined keyboard scancode... EDIT -> an ASCII number... - incorrect usage of term ascii apologies, should read "a Simple integer number"
here is something that might work..
void DarkGDK()
{
int KEY_A = 30; // this is the keyboard scancode of the 'a' key. EDIT : had term 'ascii' incorrectly here
int iIsPressed; // to hold return from dbKeyState.
// Setup screen/other code/functions etc
while(LoopGDK())
{
iIsPressed = dbKeyState(KEY_A); // return 1 or 0 depending on the state of the A key
if(iIsPressed == 1)
{
// Do Stuff (good idea to set iIsPressed to 0 at end to be safe)
}
}
return;
};
That basically just declares an integer variable to represent the value of the scancode for the A key, which is 30, and passes it to the dbKeyState function. The dbKeyState function returns either 1 or 0 for true or false depending on if the A key is pressed, the variable iIsPressed hold either a 1 or a 0(the return value from dbKeyState()) we check if iIsPressed is equal to 1 each iteration of the while loop, when it tests true, it drops into its loop where //Do Stuff is.
That is just 1 way(and kind of inefficient, just did it like this for ease of understanding), there are many other techniques you can use to detect input. You can use the char* dbEntry() keybuffer.. and read a value from that. Maybe if you download some of the various tutorials and also look through the samples, Dark Invaders is a good one, you can pickup some quite good techniques for using input. Hope this is some help to you, sorry for any kind of confusion.
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