LINEINPUT

LINEINPUT [#fileN,] var

Reads a whole text line from file or console and stores it in the string var. If a file handle #fileN is specified, LINEINPUT will read from the corresponding file otherwise it will read from the console.

Example 1: Read from console

LINEINPUT S
PRINT S

Example 2: Read from file

' create a file
open "File.txt" for output as #1

print #1, "First line"
print #1, "Second line"

close #1


' open file and print content
open "File.txt" for input as #1

LINEINPUT #1, S
Print S
LINEINPUT #1, S
Print S

close #1

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