How to handle console keyboard input in javascript?

Question

I am making a simple text adventure using javascript and I need a way to make the player be able to write 1, 2, 3 or 4 when asked in order to select the corresponding choices. How do I do this? readline() and console.read() don't work.

I am not using a website. I need it in the console.

Forget about the console... Use [window.prompt()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/window.prompt). — jahroy, Jun 20 '13 at 21:58
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4416505/how-to-take-keyboard-input-in-javascript — Jesse Jashinsky, Jun 20 '13 at 21:59
You can also use a standard text input, or a jQuery dialog, or an event listener, etc... — jahroy, Jun 20 '13 at 22:01
You can always run it on http://jsfiddle.net/ and use the tools previously suggested. — Ziul, Jun 20 '13 at 22:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 20 '13 at 22:02

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document.addEventListener('keydown', function(event) {
    if(event.keyCode == EVENTCODE) {
        //action
    }

});

in the place of EVENTCODE place numbers:

answered Jun 20 '13 at 22:02

mario

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Why not just finish the example by adding the numbers (at least partially)? – jahroy Jun 20 '13 at 22:02
How am I supposed to use it if I have no document? I am not using a website for this. – Euphe Jun 20 '13 at 22:05
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How am I supposed to know that? – mario Jun 20 '13 at 22:07
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@user1571481: so in what environment is this running? Did you not think that information might be of use to the people trying to help you out? – David Thomas Jun 20 '13 at 22:12
@David Thomas I want to run it in repl.it javascript interpreter – Euphe Jun 20 '13 at 22:18

How to handle console keyboard input in javascript?

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