234 GET Purpose This function waits for a key to be pressed on the keyboard and then returns with the ASCII number of the key pressed. See chapter 9 for a description of ASCII numbers. The GET function is used whenever the computer needs to wait for a reply from the user before continuing. Note that when using GET the character typed on the keyboard will not appear on the screen. If you wish it to appear you must then ask the computer to print it. Examples 1040 keyhit=GET 350 X=GET Description A function which waits for the next character from the input stream. The function then returns the ASCII value of the character. Syntax = GET Associated keywords GET$ , INKEY , INKEY$