David Noon wrote in a message to Jerry McBride:


JM> Can someone offer up a rexx script sample that would emulate
JM> basic's INKEY$?
JM> 
JM> I can input data via PULL just fine, but I haven't been 
JM> able to perform an inkey$ function that suits my needs.

 DN> Hi Jerry,

 DN> Have you looked at the CHARIN() function? This should allow
 DN> you to receive keyboard characters without waiting for the
 DN> ENTER key to be pressed. (I presume that's what you want to
 DN> do.)

Yes, that's what I want to do. However, the rexx information file says that
if charin is used to get characters from the keyboard, that it will wait
for 'enter' to be pressed.

I'll fool with it anyway. Thanks for the tip.

Jerry McBride 
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