CLEAR TYPEAHEAD

Purpose

Clear terminal typeahead buffer

Syntax

CLEAR TYPEAHEAD

See Also

LASTKEY(), READKEY(), SET COMPATIBLE, SET TBUFSIZE, SET TYPEAHEAD

Description

The CLEAR TYPEAHEAD command clears the typeahead buffer of all keystrokes entered. The CLEAR TYPEAHEAD commands also resets the LASTKEY() and READKEY() functions to zero, unless SET COMPATIBLE is set to FOXBASE | FOXPRO | FOXPLUS.

Example

clear typeahead
dialog box "Press ^W to continue, ^G to abandon."
if lastkey()=ctrl("g")
    return
endif

Products

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