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Member of the support class.

Syntax

c = input(a)

c = input(a, 's')

Description

Requests user input.

Examples

Inputs

Name	Description
a	Specifies the message that requests user input. a is a string.
's'	Specifies that the user input must be a string.

Outputs

Name	Description
c	Returns the user input. If you specify 's', c is a string. Otherwise, c is a real scalar.

Examples

A = '...waiting for input:'
C = input(A)