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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Inkey$ and Arrays

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Gir
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Posted: 13th Nov 2003 01:53
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hey im trying to make a system for gun/weapon selection, so when player presses a button ie no. 2 my code accesses weapons array at 2 checks whether this is available and if so displays it.

my problem arises due to the fact that the inkey$ command works with strings and i dont know how to convert the data.

i know the second part of the IF is wrong but i aint got round to thinkin bout that yet.

Pete

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CattleRustler
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Posted: 13th Nov 2003 03:36
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to get what key is pressed you may want to use KEYSTATE(scancode) function. There is a scancode chart floating in one of these posts. Keystate() will return one if the key is being pressed, 0 if not.

Or there are predefined key functions like:
UPKEY()
DOWNKEY() etc...

check the dbp help for INPUT commands

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Minn_Coder
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You can also use INKEY$() such as:

REPEAT
I$ = INKEY$()
UNTIL I$ > ""

PRINT "I$ = "; I$
PRINT "The value of I$ = "; VAL(I$)
WAIT KEY

The VAL function returns the numeric value of the string.
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IanM
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Posted: 13th Nov 2003 09:31
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... but only if it's a number key.

You can use ASC() to get the character value of the key you press, but really, it's best to go with what CattelRustler told you

http://developer.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=19885&b=1
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Gir
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Posted: 13th Nov 2003 21:17 Edited at: 13th Nov 2003 21:19
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@ Rust
Yeah i thought about that before, but i wanted the keystate or inkey to correspond directly to my array entry. But the key state for Number 1 key is 2 so it could correspond to the second slot in the array.

@Minn
I think that is what im looking for cheers.

Thanks for the help

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