# Easily converting keycode to string

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/easily-converting-keycode-to-string/15649>\
**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [November 19, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/easily-converting-keycode-to-string/15649 "2019-11-19T23:02:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![paulgoux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@paulgoux](https://discourse.processing.org/u/paulgoux)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/easily-converting-keycode-to-string/15649/1 "2019-11-19T23:02:28Z")

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Is there a way to easily convert a keycode to a string, without having to create a case list for each letter?

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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/easily-converting-keycode-to-string/15649/2 "2019-11-19T23:22:12Z")

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Hello,

```auto
void setup() 
	{
  size(200, 200);
	}

void draw()
	{
	}

void keyPressed()
  {
  println(char(keyCode), keyCode);
  }

```

🙂

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**Author:** ![paulgoux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@paulgoux](https://discourse.processing.org/u/paulgoux)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/easily-converting-keycode-to-string/15649/3 "2019-11-19T23:53:59Z")

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> [@glv](#):
>
> void setup() { size(200, 200); } void draw() { } void keyPressed() { println(char(keyCode), keyCode); }

Haha thanks, quite a lot easier than I thought.