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LINE INPUT enters an entire line (up to 255 characters) from the keyboard
to a string variable, without using delimiters to divide the line into
data items.
 
LINE INPUT [;] ["promptstring";] stringvariable
    ■ A semicolon immediately after the LINE INPUT keywords keeps the
      cursor on the same line after the user presses Enter.
    ■ The argument promptstring is a string constant displayed on the
      screen before input is accepted. A question mark is not printed
      unless it is part of promptstring. All input from the end of
      promptstring to the carriage return is assigned to stringvariable.
 
Usage Notes
    ■ LINE INPUT uses the same editing characters as INPUT.