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

- `Line Input #`
- `Input`