getkeywait

Version 3.0 (2.18 KB) by Jos (10584)
Wait a certain time for a single keypress
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CH = getkeywait(P) waits for a keypress for a maximum of P seconds. P
should be a positive number. CH is a double representing the key
pressed key as an ascii number, including backspace (8), space (32),
enter (13), etc. If a non-ascii key (Ctrl, Alt, etc.) is pressed, CH
will be NaN. If no key is pressed within P seconds, -1 is returned,
and if something went wrong during excution 0 is returned.
Without argument, getkeywait waits until a key is pressed.

[CH, RT] = getkeywait(..) returns the response time in seconds in RT.


Example:
disp('Press a key within 5 seconds') ;
[CH, DT] = getkeywait(5)

See also input, ginput, waitbar, msgbox
getkey (file Exchange)

Authors note: This file was created in 2005 and is still working ;-)

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Jos (10584) (2024). getkeywait (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/8297-getkeywait), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Inspired by: getkey

Inspired: waitinput

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3.0

modernised

1.2.0.0

changed some figure properties; added check for figure existence

1.1.0.0

updated checks and output

1.0.0.0

The timer object existed beyond the scope of the function, which could be problematic when the function is called often, e.g., in a long loop.