At 05:30 Kai 12/5/1999 +0100, you wrote: >[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 ..." I see! so when I use load before ask, it automatically detects the datatype? Thanks! Thanks Russell for answering my qn too! >-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 > > > sincerely, kelvin
