Using Joystick buttons using states

C++

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In code that is constantly running (games, robots), making a button do something can be complicated, because if your code relys on a user holding down the trigger on a joystick they might hold it down enough for the code to be cycled through more than one time. This takes care of that problem.

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if(triggerState = joyStick->GetTrigger()) {
				if(triggerState != lastTriggerState) {
                                           // Do what needs to be done here.
					}
				}
			}

triggerState = lastTriggerState;