[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just use to-url on the string: > > >> u: ask "type a url " > type a url [EMAIL PROTECTED] > == "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >> type? u > == string! > >> uu: to-url u > == [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> type? uu > == url! > > > Of course that can all be put on one line: > > uu: to-url ask "Type a rul " to be more generic: uu: load ask "Type whatever ..." -pekr- > > > Have fun! > > Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 8:38 PM > Subject: [REBOL] [REBOL] Getting User Input into a variable > > > Hi, I'm quite new to the language and as I found great difficulty in > > assigning user input to be a particular datatype. > > > > For instance, I checked out webfinder.r where there's a series with a > > pre-determined list of urls for Rebol to fetch, but any attempts on my > part > > to put an Ask statement asking for user to input urls, then placing the > > input into a series repeatedly resulted in the input becoming a 'string' > > instead of a 'url'. I faced similar difficulties with files. Say I want to > > prompt the user to input the filename he wants to save to. > > > > Perhaps I'm still thinking in traditional programming concepts, but I'm > > stumped here. Any help would very much be appreciated. > > > > sincerely, > > kelvin > >
