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Another thing that plagued me when I started was how to use the analog stick. Well, here's a quick example.

Look at this picture:
(http://img101.mytextgraphics.com/photolava/2007/06/14/analog-46tceupgz.png)

The back cirle shows the value of the analog. From the top to the bottom is the Y values from -128 to 127. From left to right is the X values from -128 to 127. The red circle represents the ''dead area' or the area where the analog doesn't register. That area is from -50 to 50 both ways. So, that means the analog value must be greater than 50 or less than -50 to register. So look at this example:

player = {x = 100, y = 100, img = image.createEmpty(32,32)}
player.img:clear(Color.new(255,0,0))

function Analog()
pad = Controls.read()
angX = pad:analogX()
angY = pad:analogY()
if angX() > 50 then
player.x = player.x + 5
else if angX() < -50 then
player.x = player.x - 5
end
if angY() > 50 then
player.y = player.y + 50
else if angY < -50 then
player.y = player.y - 50
end
end

while true do
screen:clear()
screen:blit(player.x,player.y,player.img)
Analog()
screen.waitVblankStart()
screen.flip()
end