I'm trying to use console.getkeys to have a user select a page in an address book they want to go to.

I have a variable, pages, which contains a number so I'm using

var keypress = console.getkeys(pages);

According to the jsobjs file:

"get one key from of a list of valid command keys, or a number between 1 and maxnum"

Since I'm passing a number, I would expect only to be able to input a number between 1 and whatever pages is, however it lets me enter any character.

What am I doing wrong?

Just in case, I also tried forcing pages to be typeof number.

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Re: getkeys
By: Nelgin to digitalman on Sat May 30 2020 08:52 pm

I'm trying to use console.getkeys to have a user select a page in an address book they want to go to.

I have a variable, pages, which contains a number so I'm using

var keypress = console.getkeys(pages);

According to the jsobjs file:

"get one key from of a list of valid command keys, or a number between 1 and maxnum"

Since I'm passing a number, I would expect only to be able to input a number between 1 and whatever pages is, however it lets me enter any character.

What am I doing wrong?

You're not passing any keys.

Just in case, I also tried forcing pages to be typeof number.

If you only want a number, use console.getnum() instead.

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