INPUT$(ch) |
Purpose | To return a string obtained from communication
port ch. ch must be a numeric constant between 1 and 8. The actual target hardware determines the valid port #. This function returns f0 if there is no valid string waiting at serial port. |
Examples | D$ = INPUT$(2) |
Comments: | A Carriage Return (CR) or ASCII code 13 marks the end of the input string from the communication port. The returned string however will exclude the CR character. In i-TRiLOGI simulator, the user will be prompted to enter the string in a pop-up window |
See Also | INCOMM( ), PRINT #, OUTCOMM |