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BACKSPACE global variable

Introduction

Codea's in-app reference documents most of the BACKSPACE global variable. The variable is built-in to refer to a string that can be compared with the value referenced by key in keyboard(key) when the backspace key is pressed.

Value referenced by BACKSPACE

The value referenced by BACKSPACE is the empty string. For example:

print(BACKSPACE == "") -- Outputs: true