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PointerY

Family: Input · One form

What it does

PointerY reads a value without changing anything. It takes no arguments, and answers a float.

Syntax

PointerY() → float

Parameters

No parameters.

Every form returns

float

Example · generated

DO  Print(PointerY())  Sync()LOOP

PointerY is called and its answer is printed every frame. The DO … LOOP is not decoration: a classic BASIC program ends the moment it runs out of lines, and Sync() is what draws the frame.

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