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Posted on 4 Apr 2022 14:54:00 by gabbsmo

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In a loop I wish to press the down key n + 1 number of times, where n is the CurrentIndex variable of the loop. What is the idiomatic way to do this?

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davidfvacca 2 on 20 Apr 2023 at 02:58:42

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Re: How to send key n times?

I have the same issue. I use the flow "sent keys" to type over a website.
No matter if I use {Return:1} or {Return} it does 3 times.
Any thoughts about it?.
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MichaelAnnis 5,721 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 04 Apr 2022 at 16:21:08

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Re: How to send key n times?

Try this:

Send Keys {Down:%LoopIndex +1%}

SendKeys {Down:3} would send it 3 times, so this should get you what you need.

good luck.
ryule 927 Super User 2024 Season 1 on 04 Apr 2022 at 15:43:33

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Re: How to send key n times?

Ah gotcha, so maybe more like this (I used N, you would use down arrow)
gabbsmo 12 on 04 Apr 2022 at 15:33:32

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Re: How to send key n times?

Won't this send the n key once per iteration in the loop? What I want to do is to send a specific key (Down arrow) LoopIndex + 1 times. So send down key once on the first iteration, twice on the second etc.
ryule 927 Super User 2024 Season 1 on 04 Apr 2022 at 15:08:19

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Re: How to send key n times?

I'm thinking it would be something along the lines of this:

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