Specifications

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Syntax:
LINE INPUT ["prompt"{,|;}]stringvariable
Parameter:
"prompt"
A string constant.
stringvariable
A string variable.
Description:
When execution reaches a LINE INPUT statement, the program pauses and waits
for the user to enter data from the keyboard while showing a prompting message
specified by "prompt".
After typing data, the user must press the ENT key. Then, the LINE INPUT state-
ment assigns the typed data to stringvariable.
• A
LINE INPUT statement cannot assign a numeric variable. (An INPUT state-
ment can do.)
• "prompt" is a prompting message to be displayed on the LCD.
• The semicolon (;) or comma (,) after "prompt" has the following meaning:
If "prompt" is followed by a semicolon, the LINE INPUT statement displays
the prompting message followed by a question mark and a space.
LINE INPUT "data= ";a$
I/O statement
LINE INPUT
Reads input from the keyboard into a string variable.
data= ?