TMBASIC Documentation

input Statement

Syntax

"input" ───► identifier ───► EOL

Usage

The input statement reads a line of text from the user's keyboard. It waits for the user to type something and then press Enter. Then it stores their entered value into the specified variable.
The example below uses the print statement to prompt the user to enter their name. After the user types a name and presses Enter, that name is stored in the name variable. Then, print is used again to greet the user by name.
sub Main()
print "Name? ";
dim name as String
input name
print "Hi "; name; "!"
end sub
╔═ Console ═════════╗   ╔═ Console ═════════╗   ╔═ Console ═════════╗
║Name? █            ║   ║Name? Alice█       ║   ║Name? Alice        ║
║                   ║──►║                   ║──►║Hi Alice!          ║
║                   ║   ║                   ║   ║█                  ║
╚═══════════════════╝   ╚═══════════════════╝   ╚═══════════════════╝
The computer displays    The user types the      The user hits Enter.
  the prompt "Name?"        name "Alice"        The computer responds.

Data type conversion

The input statement will automatically convert to data types besides String.
sub Main()
print "Age? ";
dim age as Number
input age
print "You are "; age; " years old."
end sub