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Re: Echo question
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"F. Alfredo Rego" <[log in to unmask]>
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F. Alfredo Rego
Date:
Mon, 27 Oct 2003 09:24:20 -0700
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At 2:57 PM +0100 10/27/03, Tad Bochan wrote:
>Hi Alfredo,
>Try using : INPUT dummyvar;prompt="string";readcnt=0
>
>Ok, to be explicit
>: INPUT X;PROMPT=chr(27)+"H";READCNT=0


At 8:43 AM -0700 10/27/03, Keven Miller wrote:
>This works:
>
>:input x;prompt="![chr(27)]H";readcnt=0


Mil gracias.  This technique is great:

   Using a doctored "input" to be able to "output"
   what I want.


Works like a charm.  I wonder how many other neat
tricks I have missed.  Has anyone assembled some
kind of "Guide" for escape-sequence programming?

Thank you, Gurus.

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