Script: Returns string based on key value

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Eggman891

18th February 2008 - 02:17 AM

Useful script that I made a fair old while ago. This returns a string specifying the name of the key whose value was passed to the script. Useful for visually showing control settings in a menu for example.

CODE

/*getKeyString(keyCode);

argument0 = ASCII code of the key to return the string representation of.

By Eggman891 (Scrambled Eggman)*/

if argument0 >= ord("A") && argument0 <= ord("Z")
{
return chr(argument0);
exit;
}

if argument0 >= 48 && argument0 <= 57
{
return chr(argument0);
exit;
}

if argument0 >= 96 && argument0 <= 105
{
return "Numpad "+string(argument0-96);
}

if argument0 >= 112 && argument0 <= 124
{
return "F"+string(argument0-111);
}

switch (argument)
{
case vk_enter:
return "Enter";
break;

case vk_space:
return "Space";
break;

case vk_backspace:
return "Backspace";
break;

case vk_up:
return "Up Arrow";
break;

case vk_down:
return "Down Arrow";
break;

case vk_left:
return "Left Arrow";
break;

case vk_right:
return "Right Arrow";
break;

case vk_insert:
return "Insert";
break;

case vk_home:
return "Home";
break;

case vk_pageup:
return "Page Up";
break;

case vk_delete:
return "Delete";
break;

case vk_end:
return "End";
break;

case vk_pagedown:
return "Page Down";
break;

case vk_shift:
return "Shift";
break;

case vk_control:
return "Control";
break;

case vk_alt:
return "Alt";
break;
}

return string(argument0);

Example of usage. (My system here used a global array that holds all of the control values. The CAPITAL indexes are constants that I used for coherency.

CODE

draw_set_color(c_yellow);
draw_set_font(fnt_bigger)
draw_text(room_width/2,96+(72*menuZoom),"Start Button: " + getKeyString(global.key[START]));
draw_set_color(c_gray);
draw_set_font(fnt_display)
draw_text(room_width/2,96-(48*menuZoom),"Move Left: " + getKeyString(global.key[LEFT]));
draw_text(room_width/2,96-(24*menuZoom),"Move Right: " + getKeyString(global.key[RIGHT]));
draw_text_transformed(room_width/2,96,"Jump: " + getKeyString(global.key[JUMP]));
draw_text(room_width/2,96+(24*menuZoom),"Duck: " + getKeyString(global.key[DUCK]));
draw_text(room_width/2,96+(48*menuZoom),"Attack: " + getKeyString(global.key[ATTACK]));
draw_text(room_width/2,96+(96*menuZoom));

tophunter7

18th February 2008 - 09:17 AM

Hmmm, that actually seems a useful script indeed, a more simple way would be :

QUOTE

return string(chr(argument0));

But obviously this way does not tell you what the key is, where it is, etc.

Useful script, may come in handy.

~TH7