Sprite::isKeyPressed()

Returns true if the passed key is pressed.

Examples

import org.openpatch.scratch.*;

public class SpriteIsKeyPressed {
  public SpriteIsKeyPressed() {
    Stage myStage = new Stage(600, 240);
    Sprite mySprite = new Sprite("zeta", "assets/zeta_green_badge.png");
    mySprite.changeX(-80);
    mySprite.changeY(30);
    myStage.add(mySprite);

    while (myStage.getTimer().forMillis(3000)) {
      mySprite.say("Space pressed? " + mySprite.isKeyPressed(KeyCode.VK_SPACE));
    }
    myStage.exit();
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    new SpriteIsKeyPressed();
  }
}

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Syntax

Java

.isKeyPressed(keyCode)

Scratch

Parameters

Name	Data Type	Description
keyCode	int	A key code. You can use the enum KeyCode. For example KeyCode.VK_SPACE.

Return

boolean