Radio Shack TRS-80 PC-3 Owner's Manual page 142

1 INPUT input list
Where: input list is: input group
or: input group, input list
and: input group is: var list
or: prompt, var list
or: prompt; var list
and: var list
is: variable
or: variable, var list
and: prompt
is: any string constant
Abbreviations: I., IN., INP., INPU.
See also: INPUT
#,
READ
Purpose
The INPUT verb is used to enter one or more values from the keyboard.
Use
When you want to enter different values each time a program is run, use the INPUT verb to enter these values from the keyboard.
In its simplest form, the INPUT statement does not include a prompt string; instead, a question mark is displayed on the left edge
of the display with the cursor next to it. A value is then entered, followed by the
(ENTER)
key. This value is assigned to the first
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