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82 >Name</H2
83 >SDL_WaitEvent&nbsp;--&nbsp;Waits indefinitely for the next available event.</DIV
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100 >#include "SDL.h"</PRE
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105 >int <B
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109 >(SDL_Event *event);</CODE
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123 >Waits indefinitely for the next available event, returning 
124 <SPAN
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127 >, or <SPAN
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130 > if there was 
131 an error while waiting for events.  </P
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136 >event</I
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141 >, the next 
142 event is removed from the queue and stored in that area.</P
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