Husky Hunter - Page 220

BASIC FUNCTIONS
SECTION 5. 10
INPUT USING
5. 10. 8 Function INPUT USING obtains a line of data from HUNTER's keyboard
Syntax
and validates this data with a user defined mask.
INPUT USING (validation strir,g, [min,max]) prompt string,
variable name.
INPUT USING (validation string, [min,max ,El) variable name
where min, max are numeric expressions and
E is a special
command.
Examples INPUT USING (
11
A999",2,4)S$
Causes
? prompt
VER.V09F
A minimum of 2 characters must be entered up to a maximum
of 4.
The inputs are stored in string expression S$. The first
entry must be a letter in the range A-Z, the remaining
entries must be numbers in the range 0-9.
INPUT USING ("A 999
11
,,
4 )S$
The same as above, but minimum defaults to
1.
INPUT USING (
11
A999", 2, )S$
A minimum entry of 2 and maximum defaults to 95, Any
entries after the fourth are validated against WILD.
INPUT USING (
11
A999")S$
Minimum and maximum default to 1 and 95 respectively.
INPUT USING (M$,3,6)S$
A minimum of 3 and up to a maximum of 6 entries are
allowed, The entries are validated against the string
expression M$. The user will receive a
'?' prompt.
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