how to see if a key is being holded

[John Smith]

hi is there a way to see if a client is holding specific key without releasing it? and calculate time before the client released the key?

[Dealman]

Most certainly!

getKeyState 

[ALw7sH]

bindKey("space","both", 
function(key,state) 
    if state == "down" then 
    local pressed = getTickCount() 
    elseif state == "up" then 
    outputChatBox("you pressed "..key.." for : "..pressed.." ms") 
    end 
end 
) 

[John Smith]

ok thanks guys

edit: but it returns the total time since the server was up... how can i get the time since the key was holded?

edit 2: nvm solved it thanks

[pa3ck]

local startTick 
  
bindKey("space","both", 
function(key,state) 
  
    if state == "down" then 
     
        startTick = getTickCount() 
         
    elseif state == "up" then 
     
        local pressed = getTickCount() - startTick 
        outputChatBox("you pressed "..key.." for : "..pressed.." ms")  
     
    end 
end 
)