What it does
StartTextInput makes something happen at once: it starts. It takes no arguments, and returns nothing. That is the first of 2 forms.
Syntax
1
StartTextInput()2
StartTextInput(initial string)Parameters
| Name | Type | In forms |
|---|---|---|
| initial | string | 2 |
Every form returns
nothing
Example · generated
Form 1, the short one
StartTextInput()DO Sync()LOOPForm 2, with every argument
StartTextInput("value")DO Sync()LOOPStartTextInput is called with values of the types its signature asks for. The DO … LOOP is not decoration: a classic BASIC program ends the moment it runs out of lines, and Sync() is what draws the frame.