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NAME
prompt - display a prompt and wait for input from terminal
SYNOPSIS
prompt(str)
TYPES
str string
return string
DESCRIPTION
When prompt(str) is called and input is from a terminal, the string
str is displayed and execution is halted until a newline ends a line
read from the input; the string formed by the characters in the line
(other than the newline) is returned as the value of prompt().
EXAMPLE
; x = prompt("? ");
? 273
; x
"273"
; for (;;) {s = prompt("? "); if (s=="end") break; print "\t":eval(s)^2;}
? 3
9
? 2 + 3
25
? end
LIMITS
none
LINK LIBRARY
none
SEE ALSO
fgetfield, fgetline, fgetstr
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