\Header{readline}{Read a Line from the Terminal}
\keyword{utilities}{readline}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
readline(prompt="")
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\texttt{prompt}] the string printed when prompting the user for input.
Should usually end with a space \texttt{" "}.
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Description}
\texttt{readline} reads a line from the terminal, returning it as a
character string.\end{Description}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
fun <- function() {
  ANSWER <- readline("Are you a satisfied R user? ")
  if (substr(ANSWER, 1, 1) == "n")
    cat("This is impossible.  YOU LIED!\n")
  else
    cat("I knew it.\n")
}
fun()
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

