Ring/Lessons/Getting Input

Getting Input We can get input from the keyboard using The Give Command The GetChar() Function The Input() Function Give Command Syntax: Give VariableName Example: See "Enter the first number : " Give nNum1 See "Enter the second number : " Give nNum2 See "Sum : " + ( 0 + nNum1 + nNum2 ) Output: Enter the first number : 3 Enter the second number : 4 Sum : 7 GetChar() Function We can get one character from the standard input using the GetChar() function Syntax: GetChar() ---> Character Example: While True See " Main Menu (1) Say Hello (2) Exit " Option = GetChar() GetChar() GetChar() # End of line # the previous two lines can be replaced with the next line # Give Option if Option = 1 see "Enter your name : " give cName see "Hello " + cName else bye ok End Input() Function We can get input from the keyboard using the Input() function Syntax: Input(nCount) ---> string The function will wait until nCount characters (at least) are read Example: See "Enter message (30 characters) : " cMsg = input(30) See "Message : " + cMsg Ring programming language