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- ## Copyright (C) 1996 Auburn University. All Rights Reserved.
- ##
- ## This file is part of Octave.
- ##
- ## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- ## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
- ## Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
- ## later version.
- ##
- ## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- ## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- ## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
- ## for more details.
- ##
- ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
- ## Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111 USA.
-
- ## -*- texinfo -*-
- ## @deftypefn {Function File } { outputs =} prompt ( inputs )
- ## @format
- ## function prompt([str])
- ## Prompt user to continue
- ## str: input string. Default value: "\n ---- Press a key to continue ---"
- ## Written by David Clem August 15, 1994
- ## Modified A. S. Hodel June 1995
- ##
- ##
- ## @end format
- ## @end deftypefn
-
- function prompt (str)
-
- if(nargin > 1)
- usage("prompt([str])");
- elseif(nargin == 0)
- str = "\n ---- Press a key to continue ---";
- elseif ( !isstr(str) )
- error("prompt: input must be a string");
- endif
-
- disp(str);
- fflush(stdout);
- kbhit;
-
- endfunction
-