Re: Interaction with programs
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg5690] Re: [mg5651] Interaction with programs
- From: buttgereit at t-online.de (Peter Buttgereit)
- Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 14:28:57 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Tim Coutts wrote: > > I have written a package that I want users to be able to interact with. > For example, when the program is loaded into a new notebook, I want > the user to be given a statement "this program calculates....press > the ENTER key when you are ready" > Then a message should be received which says something like > "enter the data and hit the ENTER key when you have finished" > I also want to be able to assign symbols to each of a series > of numerical quantities that the user will enter in this way. > > It has to be easy but I don't know how to do it! Any helpful\ > suggestions will be gratefully received. > > Tim Coutts > tcoutts at nrel.nrel.gov > National Renewable Energy Laboratory > 303-384-6561 Hi Tim, Roman Maeder gives some examples in his book "The Mathematica Programmer" (Boston: AP Professional, 1994, pp. 87). Can't tell you more, because I don't have the book - just found that reference. Greetings, Peter