Apple IIe - Page 104

104 Apple lie Users Handbook
GET
ii Applesoft
tJ Integer
The GET statement inputs a single character from the keyboard.
The character is not displayed on the screen.
Configuration
GET variable
variable
can be any legal Applesoft variable.
Although variable can ' be any variable, it is to the user's
advantage
to use a string variable and convert it to a numeric
variable with the VAL function. If a numeric variable was used
with GET, any non-numeric character entered will cause a syntax
error and halt program execution.
10 PRINT "PRESS A KEY";
20 GET A$
30 PRINT
Example
40 PRINT "THE KEY PRESSED WAS";A$
50 PRINT
60 PRINT "IF THE KEY PRESSED WAS NOT A DISPLAYABLE
CHARACTER IT
WOULD NOT BE DISPLAYED"
70 END
In
the preceding example, line 10 prompts the user to press a
key. Line
20 waits for a key to be pressed. When a key is pressed,
the character value of the key is assigned to the variable A$. Line
40 then displays the character input. Line 60 is included because
some keys
generate characters that cannot be displayed (i.e.
I
return key, ESC key and the space bar). ~