OpenEuphoria

Re: Version 2.1 alpha-test release now available!

• Posted by Irv Mullins <irv at ELLIJAY.COM> Jan 16, 1999
• 438 views

On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:41:12 -0800, Greg Phillips <phillipb at DIRECT.CA> wrote:

>Wow, sounds great, there isn't anything I *don't* like....except:
>
>>        prompt_number() - prompts the user to enter a number
>>
>>        prompt_string() - prompts the user to enter a string
>>
>
> It seems to me, almost cheating... the first real, useful thing I wrote was an
>.e file that did the same thing.  I dunno, maybe it's just me, but it doesn't
>really seem Euphoria-ish.
>
>Anyways, great job, Robert,
>
>Greg

I was hoping for something along the lines of:
vrbl = scanf("Enter coordinates - X:%d /t Y:%d")
or
vrbl = scanf("Name: %s\n Age: %d\n SSN:%3d-%2d-%4d")

which would display (and allow you to enter)
Name: John Doh
Age: 23
SSN: 222-34-4556

Irv