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From: "Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: loop'ing
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 20:00:56 -0000
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

> I need a function for looping until 'esc' is press'ed!
> my code look like this:
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> again:
>
>  /* the game code */
>
>   if (key[KEY_ESC]) {
>       return 0;
>   }
>
> goto again
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> is there a better way of doing this?

Arrgh! Yuk, yuk!

A good peice of C code will _never_ have a goto statement in it. That's what
structure's all about :-)

This is much better:

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do
{
	/ * the game code */
} while(!key[KEY_ESC]);

return 0;

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James Arthur
jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net
ICQ#15054819