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Revision: 12681
at March 24, 2009 15:03 by jlvallelonga
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function getCharacterPressed(e) {
	code = getKeyCode(e);
	keychar = "-1";
	if (isAlphaNumeric(code))
		keychar = String.fromCharCode(code);
	if (code == 8)
		keychar = "backspace";
	return keychar;
}
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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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getCharacterPressed









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event, code









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JavaScript