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>SDL_PeepEvents</H1
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>Name</H2
>SDL_PeepEvents&nbsp;--&nbsp;Checks the event queue for messages and optionally returns them.</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"</PRE
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><CODE
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>int <B
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>SDL_PeepEvents</B
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>(SDL_Event *events, int numevents, SDL_eventaction action, Uint32 mask);</CODE
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>Description</H2
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>Checks the event queue for messages and optionally returns them.</P
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>If <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>action</I
></TT
> is <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>SDL_ADDEVENT</TT
>, up to 
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>numevents</I
></TT
> events will be added to the back of the event
 queue.</P
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>If <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>action</I
></TT
> is <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>SDL_PEEKEVENT</TT
>, up to
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>numevents</I
></TT
> events at the front of the event queue, 
matching <A
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><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>mask</I
></TT
></A
>, 
will be returned and will not be removed from the queue.</P
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>If <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>action</I
></TT
> is <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>SDL_GETEVENT</TT
>, up to 
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>numevents</I
></TT
> events at the front of the event queue, 
matching <A
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><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>mask</I
></TT
></A
>, 
will be returned and will be removed from the queue.</P
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>The <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>mask</I
></TT
> parameter is an bitwise OR of
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>SDL_EVENTMASK</TT
>(<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>event_type</I
></TT
>), for all
event types you are interested in.</P
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>This function is thread-safe.</P
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>Return Value</H2
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>This function returns the number of events actually stored, or 
<SPAN
CLASS="RETURNVALUE"
>-1</SPAN
> if there was an error.  </P
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>SDL_Event</SPAN
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>,
<A
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><TT
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>SDL_PollEvent</TT
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>,
<A
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><TT
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>SDL_PushEvent</TT
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