No doubt you have noticed that Commodore computers refuse to accept leading spaces when they are returned as part of a response to an INPUT statement. A simple way to overcome this is to put SHIFTed spaces at the start (and end if required) because shifted spaces are stored as different characters from ordinary spaces and the computer accepts them as part of the string.
A more involved way around this is to print quotes at the beginning of the string that is to be the input. The advantage of this is that commas, semi-colons, and colons separate statements as well. Colons and commas are use to separate statements when multiple inputs are requested by the computer and when put as part of an input string or number the program continues but the message EXTRA IGNORED is displayed and the comma and everything after it is ignored. Using the quotes to start your input string allows the entry of cursor controls, too, which might be handy fo some applications.
