Get |
Syntax |
Get(D:DEVICE,N:INT):LIST of INT |
Description |
Example |
D := OpenIFile("io.cpkg"); -- open the file "io.cpkg" Get(D,10); -- get the first 10 characters [45, 45, 32, 105, 111, 100, 101, 118, 46, 112] ------------------------------- Ascii(It); convert the ascii code to characters -- iodev.p ------------------------------- Ascii(Get(D,10)); -- get the next 10 characters and convert kg : 0.1 : ------------------------------- Close(D); |
Get(DEV.STDIN,3)
, for instance, will read 3 characters typed
in by the user. Clever use of this function can be used to prompt a
user for input to a function, although it is usually easier for
functions to take input directly as arguments.
NOTE: this function does not work properly under the GUI Interface.
See Also |