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>SDL_GetMouseState</H1
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>SDL_GetMouseState&nbsp;--&nbsp;Retrieve the current state of the mouse</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"</PRE
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>Uint8 <B
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>SDL_GetMouseState</B
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>(int *x, int *y);</CODE
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>The current button state is returned as a button bitmask, which can
be tested using the <TT
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>SDL_BUTTON(X)</TT
> macros, and <TT
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><I
>x</I
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> and <TT
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>y</I
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> are set to the
current mouse cursor position.  You can pass <TT
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>NULL</TT
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>x</I
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>SDL_PumpEvents();
if(SDL_GetMouseState(NULL, NULL)&#38;SDL_BUTTON(1))
  printf("Mouse Button 1(left) is pressed.\n");</PRE
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