# How to check if character is jumping?

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**Category:** C++\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [August 1, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-check-if-character-is-jumping/70391 "2016-08-01T12:18:13Z")\
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Linking my response from another thread that uses ACharacter’s `bWasJumping` flag to distinguish jumps from other falling sub-states.

> [@How to check if player is jumping?](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-check-if-player-is-jumping/341986/6):
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> I found that the ACharacterhas a field bWasJumping that gets set for a frame AFTER the jump starts, and can successfully be used to trigger jumping animations or otherwise distinguish jumps from other falling sub-states. // Assuming `ACharacter* Character` is defined somewhere... bool UMyClass::IsJumping() const { if (Character != nullptr) { return Character-\>bWasJumping; } return false; }

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