We started out with PI/Open.  I could have got the statement from that.
Anthony

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Subject: Re: [U2] CLEARINPUT - Universe


but there is good documentation of INPUTCLEAR  ...

maybe it's only a synonym thrown in to faciliate
migration from some other pick dialect ?

-- mats


Anthony Dzikiewicz wrote:

>I don't know why I cant find the CLEARINPUT statement documented.  
>Maybe it was a suggestion from the group way back when.  We are working

>on a program that pops up error messages.  I want to be sure that the 
>users see this message.  What happens a lot, is that our 'speed typers'

>are about 10 strokes ahead of the program.  A lot of what they do is 
>redundant and they arent always in the habit of paying attention to 
>what is on the screen.  So, I asked the programmer working on this to 
>put a CLEARINPUT before the pop up messages.  This way, the error 
>message will have a better chance of being seen.
>
>I have used CLEARINPUT in the past and this statement is in a handful 
>of existing programs.  The programmer said she had never heard of this 
>and when she looked in the manual and HELP BASIC CLEARINPUT.  She 
>didn't find anything.  So, now Im wondering - how did I find out about 
>this ? I looked in an old (real printed and bound) BASIC manual and I 
>didn't find it.  I looked in the PDF BASIC manual and I didn't find it.

>Actually, it is in the reserved word list.
>
>I would assume this is still a valid command - it does compile.
>
>Can anyone enlighten me ?  My concern is that this could be an old 
>command that was replaced by something new ?  I don't want to continue 
>to use something that might not be supported.
>
>Anthony
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