Jagan PJ
Reputation: 9
How to take String input with spaces in erlang with io:fread or io:read
I just want to take a string input from the user in erlang programming.
Upvotes: 1
Views: 340
Answers (1)
legoscia
Reputation: 41528
I think the function you're looking for is io:get_line/1:
1> io:get_line("enter data: ").
enter data: data with spaces
"data with spaces\n"
Upvotes: 5
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