Getting a single character from the keyboard

[FredMSloniker 2]

I'm trying to make a function that will wait until you type a character, then return that character. However, the code I currently have waits until I press a key, then returns that key. Which isn't quite what I want. If I try to type a capital A, I don't want it to return 'left shift'; I want it to return 'A'. Is there a built-in function for this I'm missing, or someone who can point me to sample code?

 

[pedrosgali 8]

You could try checking on the keypress if shift is down then use string.upper(char)

 

Like this:

if keyboard.isShiftDown() then
    --Shift pressed.
    char = string.upper(char)
end
print(char)

Hope this helps

 

--EDIT:

After reading your post again it looks like your code will detect the pressing of shift as a keypress and print the result anyway. You'll have to account for that.

 

Maybe like this:

while true do
    ev, p1, p2, p3, p4, p5 = event.pull(.01, _, ev, p1, p2, p3, p4, p5)
    if ev == "key_down" then
        local char = keyboard.keys[p3]
        if char == "left_shift" or char == "right_shift" then
        else
            if keyboard.isShiftDown() then
                --Shift pressed.
                char = string.upper(char)
            end
            print(char)
        end
    end
end

I think p3 is the charachter, I'm not sure and I don't really want to check right now.

Let me know if you have any trouble.

[Wuerfel_21 6]

I think it was like io.read(1), but i cant test that currently