How can I handle keyboard input in Pygame?

How can I handle keyboard input in Pygame?

You can use the pygame.key.get_pressed() method to check the state of the keyboard. This allows you to see which keys are currently being pressed.

Can you show me a simple example of that?

Sure! Here's a basic example:

import pygame

pygame.init()

screen = pygame.display.set_mode((800, 600))

running = True
while running:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            running = False

    keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
    if keys[pygame.K_LEFT]:
        print('Left key pressed')
    if keys[pygame.K_RIGHT]:
        print('Right key pressed')

pygame.quit()

What if I want to detect key presses only once?

In that case, you can use the KEYDOWN event in the event loop. Here's how:

for event in pygame.event.get():
    if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
        if event.key == pygame.K_SPACE:
            print('Space key pressed')