Getting list of all keys pressed

[aero31aero]

I want to make a program that analysises which key has been pressed the most as a part of my school assignment. I want that the key input be recieved by my program and later by the program it was intended for. Is there a way to do this? Please describe with a sample piece of code if it is possible. Thanks in advance!

[np complete]

Yes it is possible. These types of programs are generally called "keyloggers".
You may Google to find out more about this kind of programs. For building one yourself in C/C++ for windows platform, you need to know windows API programming. For windows API tutorial check this out.
I wonder, how can this be a school assignment !

[aero31aero]

Thanks for the reply. Please can you guide me a bit on how to code it? And yes, it is indeed an assignment.

[WaltP]

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