prompt for data

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Re: prompt for data by valdez (Monsignor) on Aug 06, 2003 at 08:25 UTC
Try with Perl FAQ `perldoc -q keyboard`; if you need something more powerful, use Term::Readline. Ciao, Valerio	[reply] [d/l]
Re: prompt for data by liz (Monsignor) on Aug 06, 2003 at 08:21 UTC
Something like: `print "Enter your data and press ENTER: "; $data = <>; print "You entered: $data\n";` [download] Liz	[reply] [d/l]
Re: prompt for data by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Aug 06, 2003 at 08:20 UTC
`perldoc -f print perldoc perlop perldoc perldata` [download] Abigail	[reply] [d/l]
Re: prompt for data by Anonymous Monk on Aug 06, 2003 at 15:07 UTC
I'm assuming you meant reading from STDIN and storing it in a variable. $var = <STDIN>; # Prompt for value. chomp $var; # Remove trailing new line char print $var; # Print value entered by user. Bala	[reply]