Using inkey

[boriel]

Any one know how to do something like this

I'm looking to use inkey$ to create a line of text while the program is doing some other things Ie

LOOP
DO THING 1
INKEY(text string)
DO THING 2
IF ENTER PRINT(text String)
GOTO LOOP

any help on this

Yes, use the IN (read port) which does not interrupt.
There is a library already for this.

Code:

#include <keys.bas>
if MultiKeys(KEYENTER) then
   PRINT "Enter pressed"
end if

Multikeys uses KEYxxxx constants (see this source at the end for available constants) and can check for several keys at once, using bOR or | (bitwise OR):

Code:

#include <keys.bas>
if MultiKeys(KEYO | KEYZ) then
   PRINT "Key O, Key Z or both pressed"  ' letter case does not matter!
end if