title: batch file that detects keystrokes. how?
body: <p>im designing a collection of video games for the command line (such as deal or no deal, tic tac toe, racing, maze puzzle, connect four, wack a mole, etc.) however it would really make things easier for me if i could make it so that when the user makes a selection (such as what direction to move in the game) , that as soon as they press the arrow keys then it carries out the IF statements that follow. Instead of having to press enter after each selection. something like...</p>
  
  <pre><code>:one1
  set /p direction1= :
  IF %direction1%== {ARROW KEY LEFT} goto two2
  IF %direction1%== {ARROW KEY RIGHT} goto three3
  IF %direction1%== {ARROW KEY UP} goto four4
  IF %direction1%== {ARROW KEY DOWN} goto five5
  goto one1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any Ideas?</p>