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Revision as of 08:38, 22 May 2014

Returns a string of characters from the specified port or file The return string length is limited by <length> parameter.
<length>: number of Bytes to return
<DeviceHandle>: a handle to the specified serial port or file

Length is optional when reading from file – if not specified reads till end of lineor 511 Bytes, whatever comes first.

Syntax

Input$ ({<length>}, #<DeviceHandle>)

Availability

All versions

Type

<length>:Long
<DeviceHandle>: Long

Range

<length>: N/A
<DeviceHandle>: 1 to 255

Default

Length default  is 511 Bytes

Scope

Configuration, Task or Terminal

Limitations

Read only

Examples

Str_Var=Input$(50,#1)

Test=Input$(1, #1)

X=Input$(LOC(1), #1)

See Also