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INPUT SEXP,VAR
Display SEXP and get input from user, assigning it to VAR
(60 characters maximum)
Function
Prompt the user for input using the string specified by SEXP, and
store the users input in the variable specified by VAR.
Maximum input allowed is 60 characters.
Syntax
INPUT prompt,var
prompt - A string expression with the prompt to display to the user.
var - The variable in which to store the user's input.
Remarks
This statement will accept any string of input from the user, up to 60
characters in length. In addition to displaying the prompt, it will
display parenthesis around the input field if the user is in ANSI
mode. Because of this, you should generally limit your prompts to 15
characters or less.
Examples
BOOLEAN b
DATE d
INTEGER i
MONEY m
STRING s
TIME t
INPUT "Enter BOOLEAN",b
INPUT "Enter DATE",d
INPUT "Enter INTEGER",i
INPUT "Enter MONEY",m
INPUT "Enter STRING",s
INPUT "Enter TIME",t
PRINTLN b," ",d," ",i
PRINTLN m," ",s," ",t
See Also:
INPUT...
INPUTSTR
INPUTTEXT
PROMPTSTR
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