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Re: Character value of 'Enter' and 'Return' Key ?
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Re: Character value of 'Enter' and 'Return' Key ?


  • Subject: Re: Character value of 'Enter' and 'Return' Key ?
  • From: "Clark Cox" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:44:26 -0500

On 3/28/06, Steve Christensen <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Mar 27, 2006, at 9:16 PM, Vaibhav Machhar wrote:
>
> > Im using one function [(NSString*) str characterAtIndex:(some
> > index)] . I
> > have a text view where I can enter space,enter and return
> > characters. I
> > wanted to know the value of 'Enter' and 'Return' key.
> >
> >  Sample code that Im using is --
> >
> >   int i ,index = 0,len = [str length];
> >     for(i=0; i<len; i++)
> >     {
> >         if( [str characterAtIndex:i] == 32) // this 32 = for Space.
> >             index++;
> >         else
> >             break;
> >     }
>
> Well, the Carbon header file Events.h lists the following:
>
> /* MacRoman character codes*/
> enum {
>    kEnterCharCode                = 3,
>    kReturnCharCode               = 13,
>    kSpaceCharCode                = 32,
> };
>
> The return and space characters have had those values for decades
> now, so the only one you'd need to confirm is the enter key. I
> haven't tried it with Unicode as yet.

Just an FYI: Where they overlap, Unicode, ASCII are *identical*. So,
any Unicode code point that is less than 128 represents the same
character as the same ASCII value would.

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