GetAsyncKeyState

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>


double ourNum = 1.00;

int main ( )
{


        while ( GetAsyncKeyState(VK_UP) == 1 )
        {
               
                std:: cout << ourNum++ << std:: endl;
       
        }

        std:: cin.get();

}

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The while loop, goes through GetAsyncKeyState each time, and finds if its 1, if it is then it increments our type double ourNum, but.. nothing is outputting.. :(

Weird, it some how returns a number around -32767 or so.

First, never compare GetAsyncKeyState() return value with 1, because it does not return a boolean value, but a series of flags. Just check if it is nonzero. And anyway, even if that would have worked, your loop breaks after the first round, because GetAsyncKeyState returns nonzero when the key was not pressed after the last call. That means, this loop can only execute 1 time.

I think you meant:

Code:

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while ( true ) {
    if ( !GetAsyncKeyState(VK_UP) ) {
        std::cout << ourNum++ << std::endl;
    }
}

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But you might also want to add something that breaks the loop, perharps another key.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by maxorator

First, never compare GetAsyncKeyState() return value with 1, because it does not return a boolean value, but a series of flags. Just check if it is nonzero. And anyway, even if that would have worked, your loop breaks after the first round, because GetAsyncKeyState returns nonzero when the key was not pressed after the last call. That means, this loop can only execute 1 time.

I think you meant:

Code:

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while ( true ) {
    if ( !GetAsyncKeyState(VK_UP) ) {
        std::cout << ourNum++ << std::endl;
    }
}

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But you might also want to add something that breaks the loop, perharps another key.

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Thanks mister!

update:
it didnt work how I wanted it to, I wanted to press up key, and it would return the incremented value. :(