sensekey

Name

sensekey --  Returns the ASCII code of a key that has been pressed.

Description

Returns the ASCII code of a key that has been pressed, or -1 if no key has been pressed.

Syntax

kr sensekey

Performance

At release, this has not been properly verified, and seems not to work at all on Windows.

Note: This opcode can also be written as sense.

Examples

Here is an example of the sensekey opcode. It uses the files sensekey.orc and sensekey.sco.

Example 15-1. Example of the sensekey opcode.

/* sensekey.orc */
; Initialize the global variables.
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 1

; Instrument #1.
instr 1
  k1 sensekey
  printk2 k1
endin
/* sensekey.orc */
        
/* sensekey.sco */
; Play Instrument #1 for thirty seconds.
i 1 0 30
e
/* sensekey.sco */
        
Here is what the output should look like when the "q" button is pressed...
q i1 357967744.00000
      

Credits

Author: John ffitch
University of Bath, Codemist. Ltd.
Bath, UK
October 2000

Example written by Kevin Conder.

New in Csound version 4.09. Renamed in Csound version 4.10.