al_key_down(3)

💅 al_key_down(3) 💅

okay so this is a page from the Library Functions Manual (yes bestie, the Allegro 5 API corner of it) and it's literally just one tiny little function that tells you if a key is being held down. short and sweet, we love that for us ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

al_key_down — Allegro 5 API 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, here's the whole vibe, copy it exactly:

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

bool al_key_down(const ALLEGRO_KEYBOARD_STATE *state, int keycode)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so real talk: this function returns true if the key you specified was held down in the state you specified. that's it. that's the whole function. no cap, she's a one-liner and she ate 💅

so you hand her a state (a pointer to an ALLEGRO_KEYBOARD_STATE, iykyk) and a keycode, and she's like "yep, that one's down" or she's like "nope" 😌

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• ALLEGRO_KEYBOARD_STATE(3) — go read this one next bestie, it's the whole context for where that state comes from 🫶

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ngl this page is short but the info is the info — every flag, every type, every word of it is up there, nothing dropped 💖

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and that's the whole page! brought to you by the Allegro reference manual (that's the source/version vibe, mwah 💋) — see you in the next group chat, bestie 🌈👑