st: Re: How to write a program that asks the user for input

["Michael Blasnik" <michael.blasnik@verizon.net>]

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How about using the _request(macname) option of display?  
Michael Blasnik


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Jann" <ben.jann@gmail.com>
To: "statalist" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 7:10 AM
Subject: st: How to write a program that asks the user for input



> Hi,
>
> I am trying to write a program that
>
>  first executes some commands,
>
>  then asks the user for input,
>
>  and then processes the user input and executes some more commands.
>
> I tried to do something with dialogs but I cannot get the program to
> wait for the user input.
>
> Does someone know how to write a program that asks for user input and
> then continues? (It does not have to be with dialogs; command line
> input would be fine too.)
>
> ben
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