Input

Input

Command Index · BlitzBasic · Fonts and Text

Input:String prompt:String=\

Parameter	Mode	Type	Default	Description
prompt	In	String	\	Text to show before the input. Defaults to nothing.

Returns: The line that was typed.

Description

Reads a line of text that the user types, ended with Enter, and returns it without the line end. The prompt is shown first. When a graphics window is open the prompt and the typed line are drawn into it like Print does, with a blinking block as cursor. Return ends the line, Escape clears it, and Backspace, Delete, Home, End, Left and Right edit it.

Differences

• Without a graphics window the prompt is written to the console (standard output) and the line is read from the console (standard input). If there is no console either, for example when the program was started from a menu, the result is an empty string.

Related Commands

FontWidth, FreeFont, LoadFont, Locate

Command Index · BlitzBasic · Fonts and Text