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−## Copyright (C) 1996, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
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−##               Auburn University.  All rights reserved.
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−##
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−## This file is part of Octave.
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−##
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−## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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−## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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−## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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−## your option) any later version.
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−##
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−## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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−## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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−## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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−## General Public License for more details.
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−##
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−## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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−## along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
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−## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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−
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−## -*- texinfo -*-
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−## @deftypefn {Function File} {} prompt (@var{str})
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−## Prompt user to continue
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−## 
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−## @strong{Input}
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−## @table @var
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−## @item str
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−## Input string. Its default value is: 
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−## @example 
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−## \n ---- Press a key to  continue ---
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−## @end example
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−## @end table
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−## @end deftypefn
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−
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−## Author: David Clem
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−## Created: August 15, 1994
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−## Modified A. S. Hodel June 1995
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−
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−function prompt (str)
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−
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−  if (nargin > 1)
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−    print_usage ();
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−  elseif (nargin == 0)
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−    str = "\n ---- Press a key to continue ---";
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−  elseif (! ischar (str) )
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−    error ("prompt: input must be a string");
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−  endif
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−
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−  disp (str);
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−  fflush (stdout);
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−  kbhit ();
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−
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−endfunction