[AGDev-newbies] enter key question

[Thomas Ward]

Hi, Richard.
Generally, speaking you check for key presses using a switch statement.

switch(key)
{
case Key_Enter:
// do something.
break;

However, it is also possible to do it using an if statement.
}




Richard Bennett wrote:
> Ok listers, here is a good question that I am not sure of the answer 
> and what to be sure. The question is do I put a while not enter key or 
> do I use another if statement here and where do I put it and how? It 
> is a portion of a menu that Tom has sent me before. Here is the code. 
> what I want is if they hit the enter key on "yes" then they will go to 
> the yes module, but I am not sure if I would use:
> "while(!key[KEY_ENTER])"
> or if I would use:
> "if(key[KEY_ENTER]) instead and where exactly would I put this before 
> the first "if" statement here or what? Sorry if this is a stupid 
> question, but I just can't figure it out. Or should I use some other 
> type of statement. By the Way, I am doing this in C++. Thanks for the 
> help guys.
>
> void SelectMenuOption()
>
> {
>
> if(gMenu == gAnswer)
>
> {
>
> if(gLocation == 1)
>
> {
>
> Yes();
>
> }
>
> if(gLocation == 2)
>
> {
>
> No();
>
> }
>
> }
>
> }
>
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