How to make MATLAB detect keyboard stroke (arrows) and record the data?

Question

I am trying to make MATLAB code which detect left and right arrow keys of keyboard while there is a figure and record the key strokes.

double(get(gcf,'currentcharacter'))

I tried above function but I don't think it is the one I looked for.

Answer 1

You can use ginput

[~,~,button]=ginput(1);
switch button
    case 30 %up
    case 31 %down
    case 28 %left
    case 29 %right
end