Hi 

 

I've just joined this list and I have a question regarding getting input
into Squeak. I would say at the outset that I am a novice programmer
(although I have used some Smalltalk before and know a little Java) so I
apologise if this is a bit basic.

 

I appreciate that one can use the Transcript window to give simple screen
output from code run in the Workspace but is there a similar (ready-made)
window that can be used to get input?

 

In one of the Java packages that I use there is a class called a
ConsoleWindow which allows input and output in the same window, e.g.

 

ConsoleWindow c = new ConsoleWindow();

            c.out.println("Please input an integer");

            myInteger = c.input.readInt();

            c.out.println("Your integer times two is" + 2 * myInteger);

 

In private emails, Ken Rose pointed towards the Workspace window (but
unfortunately I am not adept enough to get that to work in the way I want)
and Stephane Ducasse gave me the following code snippet

 

| res |

res := FillInTheBlank request: 'please enter a number'.

res asNumber.

 

which does allow things to be input but the FillInTheBlank object disappears
as soon as you enter a number. I'm sure that there is a very simple way of
doing this but, at present, it is still unclear to me. 

 

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

Roger McDermott

 

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