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Name

keyTyped()

Examples
// Run this program to learn how each of these functions
// relate to the others.

void draw() { } // Empty draw() needed to keep the program running

void keyPressed() {
  println("pressed " + int(key) + " " + keyCode);
}

void keyTyped() {
  println("typed " + int(key) + " " + keyCode);
}

void keyReleased() {
  println("released " + int(key) + " " + keyCode);
}

Description The keyTyped() function is called once every time a key is pressed, but action keys such as Ctrl, Shift, and Alt are ignored. Because of how operating systems handle key repeats, holding down a key will cause multiple calls to keyTyped(), the rate is set by the operating system and how each computer is configured.
Syntax
keyTyped()
keyTyped(event)
Returnsvoid
RelatedkeyPressed
key
keyCode
keyReleased()
Updated on October 26, 2013 08:58:30pm PDT

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