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Determining the key pressed within an HTML onkeypress event handler

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I have an HTML JavaScript similar to this:

<HTML>
<SCRIPT>
function pressed() {
   window.alert("Key pressed");
}
</SCRIPT>
<BODY onkeypress="javascript: pressed();">
</BODY>
</HTML>

How can I tell which key was pressed? The JavaScript reference I use describes both Event and KeyboardEvent objects, but gives no examples as to how to access them or use them.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. 

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Determining the key pressed within an HTML onkeypress event handler "John L." <johnlarew@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-03-31 15:06 -0700
  Re: Determining the key pressed within an HTML onkeypress event handler Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-03-31 23:33 +0000
    Re: Determining the key pressed within an HTML onkeypress event handler "John L." <johnlarew@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-03-31 17:02 -0700

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