Input line problem

[Technoid]

I am new to qbasic 4.5. I have made a long input line and want to continue it to the next line. This is an example of what I am trying to do..

INPUT " Enter the size floor planks you will be using (4 for 2x4 or 6 for 2x6 ";planksize

Normaly the line would disapear off the page. Thats not a problem but in order for the printer to type out the line it has to appear on the viewed page. How do I bring the INPUT statement to the next line without qbasic highlighting to show an error in the run?

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well, here's how I would write it.

do
   print "enter floor plank size ('4' for 2x4, '6' for 2x6) " ;
   input planksize
loop while planksize <> 4 and planksize <> 6

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I dont know whether I just really like the inkey command or if I really hate the input command, but I'd use this:

PRINT " Enter the size floor planks you will be using (4 for 2x4 or 6 for 2x6 "
DO WHILE planksize$ = ""
planksize$ = INKEY$
LOOP

of course this leaves you with a character instead of a number, so it could cause issues with other ideas like making sure the number picked was in a certain range or multiple digits or whatever... but for little things it works.

[Technoid]

Thanks guys. It worked. I'll be back with a larger program
problem. Off to School I go for more Qbasic education. ;D

[piegopher]

You do Qbasic at SCHOOL?? *drool* take me with you...

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Oliver's idea of using INKEY$ is good, with inkey$ you can validate user input as it is being typed.

I've been playing around with this idea for a while and you can see what I've come up with at members.lycos.co.uk/brisray/qbasic/qinput.htm

Ray

[Hendrix70]

You can do this:

PRINT "Enter the size floor planks you will be using"
INPUT "(4 for 2x4 or 6 for 2x6)", planksize
I don´t know if this help you, but the idea isn´t bad, no?