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ReadLine

Function ReadLine - reads a darwin command in a single line

Calling Sequence  ReadLine()
ReadLine(t)
Parameters
NameTypeDescription

t string a prompt string
Return Type  anything
Synopsis Reads one statement from the current input stream, evaluates the statement and return its value. The string t is a prompt which is sent to the standard output directly before reading from the standard input. This statement should only be used from within a procedure.
Examples
> x := proc() 
t := ReadLine('prompt: '); 
lprint('The user entered: ',t); 
end;

> x();
prompt: 1+3;
The user entered:  4

See also FileStat,   inputoutput,   MySql,   OpenPipe,   OpenReading,   ReadData,   ReadOffsetLine,   ReadRawFile,   ReadRawLine,   ReadURL,   SearchDelim,   SplitLines