Read_terminal()

Read a string back from the input terminal into a variable

READ_TERMINAL() Return a string typed in at the terminal

example:

	# Read a string
	>> printn "(" read_terminal() ")"
	abcd efg
	(abcd efg)
	>>

Note: To read numbers as well as strings you may wish to use the Inquire() command.

Read_terminal()

This command reads a string (terminated by a carriage return) from the terminal. A numeric string can be converted by using As_variable() on the string returned by Read_terminal(). This is the way the Inquire() command is written.

Parameters:

RESULT = (String)

The string read from the terminal, not including the return character which terminated the input.