get

Get data from stdin.

Syntax

result = get ( prompt ) ;

Arguments

str prompt

• the prompt (echoed to stdout).

Return Value

list result

• list

  A list of values, appropriately typecast, read from stdin. Values are delimited by white space characters

  The STATUS variable is set to $ACKNOWLEDGE

• NULLString

  At the end of file, the result is "".

  The STATUS variable is set to %EOF

Warnings

%EOF : At the end of file, the result is "".

Exceptions

%ARGUMENT : Invalid arguments. Usage: result = get ( prompt ) ;

Description

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Examples

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list values = get ( "Enter values, separated by spaces" ) ; str line = gets ( "Enter string value" ) ; handle h = fopen ( "test.dat", "w" ) ; fput ( { 1, 2, "three", 4.5 }, h ) ; fclose ( h ) ; fopen ( "test.dat", "r" ) ; str a = fgets ( h ) ; /* a contains "1 2 "three" 4.5" */ fclose ( h ) ; handle h = fopen ( "test.dat", "w" ) ; fput ( { 1, 2, "three", 4.5 }, h ) ; fclose ( h ) ; fopen ( "test.dat", "r" ) ; list a = fget ( h ) ; /* a contains { 1, 2, "three", 4.5 } */ fclose ( h ) ;

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