From: "Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH]" <cp1v45 AT americasm01 DOT nt DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Key press in ASCII
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 11:02:18 -0400
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Mark Usher wrote:

> Is there a function available that will give me the ascii value of a key
> press back ? If not, is there an easy way to convert the key press returned
> from getkey() to it's ASCII value.
>
> Basically I am trying to add the key pressed to a string without having to
> press return.
> ie
>     key = getkey()
>     strcat(kbdbuffer, ASCII(key)

    What is "getkey()"?  If you use getch(), it returns the ascii value (as an
int).  If you need to add it to the end of a string:

char buff[2] = {0,0};
*buff = getch();
strcat(kbd, buff);

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     -Rolf Campbell (39)3-6318