Line Input
 
Reads one line of input from the keyboard

Syntax

Line Input [;] [promptstring {;|,} ] stringvariable

Parameters

promptstring
prompt to display before waiting for input
stringvariable
variable to receive the line of text

Description

Reads a line of text from the keyboard and stores it in a string variable.

Example

Dim x As String

Line Input "Enter a line:", x

Print "You entered '"; x; "'"


Differences from QB

  • QBASIC only allowed literal strings for the prompt text. FreeBASIC allows any variable or constant string expression.

See also