How do I get my object in pygame to move by holding the button?

Question

I tried using something like this but it did not work.

while running:
keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()  #checking pressed keys
if keys[pygame.K_UP]:
    y1 -= 1
i         


        

Answer 1

One solution to this problem would be to use set_repeat function

pygame.key.set_repeat(True)

This will generate multiple KEYDOWN events.