Vector Basic Interpreter Basic 80 Reference Manual - page 62
INPtJ1r[,l
[<"prompt stringJl>,l
8K, Extended, Disk
To allow input from the terminal during
program
execution.
When an INPUT statement is encountered,
program
execution
pauses and a question mark is printed
to indicate the program is waiting for data.
If
<"prompt
string">
is
included,
the string is
printed before the question mark.
The
required
data is then entered at the terminal.
If INPUT is immediately followed by
then
the carriage
return typed by
input data does not echo a carriage
feed sequence.
The data that is
entered
is
assigned
to
variable(s)
given
in
list>. number of data items supplied must be the as the number of variables in the list. items are separated by commas. a semicolon, the user to return/line the The same Data The variable names in the list may be numeric or string variable names (including subscripted variables). The type of each data item that is input must agree with the type specified by the variable name. (Strings input to an INPU'r statement need not be surrounded by quotation marks. ) Responding to INPUT with too many or too few items, or with the wrong type of value (numeric instead of string, etc.) causes the messsage "?Redo from start" to be printed. No assignment of input values is made until an acceptable response is given. In the 8K version, INPUT is illegal in the direct mode.