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Re: Interaction with programs

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg5714] Re: Interaction with programs
• From: "David B. Wagner" <dbwagner at princon.com>
• Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 14:29:09 -0500
• Organization: Principia Consulting
• 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.

Use Input or InputString.

		Dave Wagner
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