SELECT INPUT


General Forms:
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The INPUT select parameter is used to specify the device address to be used to enter data to the KEYIN, LINPUT, LINPUT LINE, and LINPUT LIST statements.

The INPUT select parameter can receive input from any device that has previously been $DEVICEd or input can be directed from Unix/DOS file by specifying the file name as a literal string.

SELECT INPUT can also be used as a function to return the current filename or device name currently assigned.

Syntax examples:

SELECT INPUT /001
SELECT INPUT <address$(value)>
SELECT INPUT "/user1/input_file", LIST /204
test$ = SELECT INPUT

See also:

ON ... SELECT