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jlvallelonga on 03/24/09


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get event character code key pressed backspace


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getCharacterPressed

 / Published in: JavaScript
 

send in an event it returns the key that you pressed if it was alphanumeric or backspace otherwise it returns "-1" use with getKeyCode and isAlphaNumeric

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  1. function getCharacterPressed(e) {
  2. 	code = getKeyCode(e);
  3. 	keychar = "-1";
  4. 	if (isAlphaNumeric(code))
  5. 		keychar = String.fromCharCode(code);
  6. 	if (code == 8)
  7. 		keychar = "backspace";
  8. 	return keychar;
  9. }

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