() Button Pressed?

This article is about the micro:bit Extension block. For the EV3 Extension block, see Button () Pressed? (block).

() Button Pressed?
( v) button pressed?
Category	micro:bit
Type	Boolean

The () Button Pressed? block is a boolean block and a micro:bit block. Its options are "A", "B", and "any". The block returns whether or not the specified button is being pressed on the micro:bit unit.

Example Uses

• Displaying when a specific button is pressed

if <(any v) button pressed?> then
    say [Button pressed!]
end

• Movement based on pressing certain buttons

if <(A v) button pressed?> then
    move (10) steps
end
if <(B v) button pressed?> then
    move (-10) steps
end

• Answering a quiz

say [What is 3 × 2? A: 6 | B: 5]
wait until <(any v) button pressed> 
if <(A v) button pressed?> then
    say [Correct!]
    change [score v] by [10]
end
if <(B v) button pressed> then
    say [Incorrect.]
    change [lives v] by [-1]
end