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This is the third in a series of articles about accepting user input in BASIC programs. Previous columns Oct. 1988 and Feb. 1989 discussed the INPUT statement, used to get a string of characters eg., Your Name from the user, and the INPUTS function, which we used to accept a singlecharacter menu selection. Now, we'll look at the most advanced input technique of all. This is a technique in which your program accepts one keystroke at a time from the user until the <RETURN> key is pressed. The fact that your program gets to look at each incoming character and act on it individually allows great flexibility. First, let's get specific Fire up your copy of BASIC and enter the following short program
OCLC Micro – Emerald Publishing
Published: Apr 1, 1989
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