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Determines whether a key is currently being pressed or not. Accepts keyboard constants (eg. vk_space) for the space key.

• key, keyboard constant for which key to check the state of

Returns a boolean (true or false) value whether or not the key is currently being pressed.

if (keyboard_check(vk_right)) {
  x += 5;
}

Demonstrates checking if the right arrow key is pressed, and if so, moving 5 pixels to the right on screen.