Problems with GetKeyUp generating text outside Unity

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1

I’m trying to record button presses in a document outside of Unity. The presses are being recorded, but I only want it to print once for every time the button is pressed. I thought using Input.GetKeyUp in Update() would accomplish that, but I’m still getting several outputs for one single button press. This is the code I have now. Can you see anything wrong with it or do you have any suggestions for how I can do this? Thanks!

private string directionChosen;
	
	void Update () {
		string path = @"/Users/saradiaz/museum/Log/responses";
		//string path = @"C:\Users\ccn\Desktop\Sara	rain\Log\coords";
		if (Input.GetKeyUp("right")) {
			directionChosen = "

right";
}
if (Input.GetKeyUp(“left”)) {
directionChosen = "
left";
}
if (Input.GetKeyUp(“up”)) {
directionChosen = "
straight";
}
System.IO.File.AppendAllText(path, System.String.Format(“{0}”, directionChosen));

	}
}

P.s I’ve also tried KeyCode.UpArrow etc instead of the strings.

2

Well, you’re writing to the file in the Update function. It’s writing directionChosen to coords every frame. While there are many other things wrong with this script, I think that answers why you’re getting multiples.

Oh fine, try this:

public string path; //You could set this is the inspector if you want

void Start(){
    path = "C:\Users\ccn\Desktop\Sara	rain\Log\coords.txt";
}

void Update () {
    if(Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.RightArrow)) {
        WriteDirection("right");
    }
    if(Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.LeftArrow)) {
        WriteDirection("left");
    }
    if(Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.UpArrow)) {
        WriteDirection("straight");
    }
}

private void WriteDirection(string direction){
    System.IO.File.AppendAllText(path,"

"+direction);
}