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From: "Andrew Deren" <aderen AT interaccess DOT com>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: loop'ing
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 09:09:33 -0600
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lazer ---¤--- <lazer_hassing AT yahoo DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Date: Sunday, November 08, 1998 8:58 AM
Subject: loop'ing


>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?
>
You can just hava a while loop for that:

while (1) {
    if (keypressed()) {
        // proccess all key events, movement, fireing, etc. also
        // check for exit
        thekey = readkey();

        if (thekey >> 8 == KEY_ESC) break;
    }
    // some other game loop stuff
}