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>SDL_PollEvent -- Polls
for currently pending events.<
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>Polls
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>SDL_Event event; /* Event structure */
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/* Check for events */
while(SDL_PollEvent(&event)){ /* Loop until there are no events left on the queue */
switch(event.type){ /* Process the appropiate event type */
case SDL_KEYDOWN: /* Handle a KEYDOWN event */
printf("Oh! Key press\n");
break;
case SDL_MOUSEMOTION:
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default: /* Report an unhandled event */
printf("I don't know what this event is!\n");
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