INPUT

Description

The INPUT command reads data from either the currenrt I/O interface or a file into variables, depending on the mode (see INMODE). INPUT can handle strings and 32 bit signed integer variables. If input succeeds, the pseudo variable LASTERR is set to 0 (ERR_OK) and BYTESREAD contains the number of bytes actually read.

Example

The following example repeats all input until the user enters "stop":

outmode -2 
inmode -2 
do 
   input c$
   if c$ = "stop" then 
      end 
   end if 
   print "you entered "; 
   print c$
loop

Remarks

If there's no active input channel, that is, INMODE was called with -1, LASTERR and BYTESREAD are both zero.