modules > console > readln

console.readln ( )

Reads a line from the console (until a the ENTER/RETURN key has been pressed). The same result can be obtained using console.stdin:readln().

Return value

Returns a string. Please note that the string does not contains the last "\n" character.

Example

local console = require "console"

console.writecolor("cyan", "Enter your name :")
local name = console.readln()

print("Hello "..name:capitalize().." !")