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I'm making a console game using C#. I want to my program to execute a block of code any time the user hits the arrow keys. Although that sounds pretty easy, I have no idea how to do that because I'm kind of new to C#.

PS I'm working on VS for mac.

EDIT 1: I want to keep track of user input means that I don't want it to stop other tasks when the program is listening for a user input.

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Your GameLogic should run in a separate thread in an endless loop. You can keep track by listening to Console.ReadKey() in an while(true) loop endless loop on your main Thread. Everytime a Key is pressed you could throw an Event which which is handled by your other Thread.

To start a new Thread have a look at: How do I run a simple bit of code in a new thread?

A clean aproach would be to create a GameLogicWorker which holds a private Thread(The cleanest aproach in my opinion) This answere shows how to do that: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8123600/4992212

But there are several options. You can also use async and await keywords to achieve async operations.

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Good idea! I haven't thought of multithreading. But can you show me how to do multithreading in C#?
edited my answer. The second link provides an example how to implement a worker class, which you can use for your GameLogic
Thank you so much! That perfectly solved my problem! The website does not allow me to accept your answer now. I will do it a bit later.
I'm glad i was able to help :)

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