$results = getInput(
   -prompt=>"Enter a number between 1 and 10: ",
   -type=>INTEGER,
   -LTE=>10,  #less than or equal to
   -GTE=>1,   #greater than or equal to
   -maxTries=>10);

##</code><code>##

@results = getInput(
   -prompt=>"Pick one or more of the following:\n",
   -type=>LIST,
   -list=>["apple", "banana", "carrot"],
   -allowMultiple,
   -maxTries=>10); 

##</code><code>##

$results = getInput(
   -prompt=>"Enter a username: ",
   -type=>STRING,
   -minLen=>3, #minimum length
   -maxLen=>15, #max length
   -restrictTo=>sub{/[A-Za-z0-9_@.-]+/} 
      # the idea is to be able to pass a regex to validate
   -maxTries=>10);