How do I get my object in pygame to move by holding the button?

Question

I tried using something like this but it did not work.

while running:
keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()  #checking pressed keys
if keys[pygame.K_UP]:
    y1 -= 1
i         


        

Answer 1

Try adding the keys to your pygame for loop. So it should look something like this...

while running:
for event in pygame.event.get():
    keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()  #checking pressed keys
        if keys[pygame.K_UP]:
        y1 -= 1

        if keys[pygame.K_DOWN]:
        y1 += 1