Legacy GM [Solved]Need help resetting variable storing keyboard_string.

[Halix]

///create
text = " ";                   

///Step
text = keyboard_string;
if(keyboard_check_pressed(vk_enter))
{
   text = " ";
}

///Draw

draw_text(x+10,y-10,text);

Noob programmer here. I am trying to draw the typed out text onto the screen and then remove it when I press enter, but the text seems to disappear and then almost instantly reappear, and anything else I type just adds to the characters. What am I doing wrong here?

 

[cdgamedev]

You didn't reset the keyboard_string, rather the text variable... Using the keyboard_string instead removes the need for text

/// Step
if(keyboard_check_pressed(vk_enter))
    {
    keyboard_string = "";
    }

/// Draw
draw_text(x+10,y-10,keyboard_string);

 

[Wraithious]

You can also use io_clear for this

///Step
text = keyboard_string;
if(keyboard_check_pressed(vk_enter))
{
   io_clear();//Edited
   text = " ";
}

 

[TheouAegis]

io_clear()

It's a function.

 

[Wraithious]

Right on sorry about that!!

 

[Halix]

Ah! because keyboard_string itself is a variable right? Thanks a lot everyone