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CloseReturns the keyboard input entered this frame. (Read Only)
Only ASCII characters are contained in the inputString
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"\b"
represents backspace."\n"
represents return or enter.// Shows how to read typing input from the keyboard // (eg. the user entering his name). // You need to attach this script to a GUIText object. function Update () { for (var c : char in Input.inputString) { // Backspace - Remove the last character if (c == "\b"[0]) { if (guiText.text.Length != 0) guiText.text = guiText.text.Substring(0, guiText.text.Length - 1); } // End of entry else if (c == "\n"[0] || c == "\r"[0]) {// "\n" for Mac, "\r" for windows. print ("User entered his name: " + guiText.text); } // Normal text input - just append to the end else { guiText.text += c; } } }
using UnityEngine; using System.Collections; public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour { void Update() { foreach (char c in Input.inputString) { if (c == "\b"[0]) if (guiText.text.Length != 0) guiText.text = guiText.text.Substring(0, guiText.text.Length - 1); else if (c == "\n"[0] || c == "\r"[0]) print("User entered his name: " + guiText.text); else guiText.text += c; } } }
import UnityEngine import System.Collections public class ExampleClass(MonoBehaviour): def Update() as void: for c as char in Input.inputString: if c == '\b'[0]: if guiText.text.Length != 0: guiText.text = guiText.text.Substring(0, (guiText.text.Length - 1)) elif (c == '\n'[0]) or (c == '\r'[0]): print(('User entered his name: ' + guiText.text)) else: guiText.text += c