# User/Console Input (read, readline, input)
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/user-console-input-read-readline-input/15031
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** repl, io
**Created:** [September 16, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/user-console-input-read-readline-input/15031 "2018-09-16T19:34:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/user-console-input-read-readline-input/15031/21 "2022-08-24T23:28:02Z")
For the Y/N choice, I like this one too:
```julia
str = Base.prompt("[Y] / N ? ") in ("","y","Y") ? "Y" : "N"
```
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### Author:  [@PeterSimon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeterSimon)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/user-console-input-read-readline-input/15031/22 "2022-08-25T00:05:18Z")
As usual, I learned something new and useful from you 😀
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### Author:  [@ellocco](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ellocco)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/user-console-input-read-readline-input/15031/23 "2022-08-25T17:40:52Z")
> [@PeterSimon](#):
>
> ` menu = RadioMenu(["Yes", "No"]);`
Thanks! - This works only in the native Julia REPL, it does not work for me inside VScode ☹
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### Author:  [@PeterSimon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeterSimon)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/user-console-input-read-readline-input/15031/24 "2022-08-25T18:58:51Z")
It works for me in both VS Code under Windows 11 and Code - OSS under Manjaro Linux.
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### Author:  [@ellocco](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ellocco)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/user-console-input-read-readline-input/15031/25 "2022-08-25T22:10:25Z")
```julia
import REPL
using REPL.TerminalMenus
menu = RadioMenu(["Yes", "No"]);
choice = request("Say Yes or No. Select via up and down keys:", menu);
@info(string("selection: ", choice))
```
If I restart Julia and execute via `include("question.jl")` it works, but if I start the
code via the command `Execute active file in REPL` inside VScode it shows a strange behavior.
(OS Linux, VScode). Nonetheless, thanks for your answer!
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### Author:  [@PeterSimon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeterSimon)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/user-console-input-read-readline-input/15031/26 "2022-08-25T23:35:04Z")
I guess that `Execute active file in REPL` isn’t intended for interactive scripts.
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### Author:  [@ellocco](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ellocco)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2023, 8:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/user-console-input-read-readline-input/15031/27 "2023-03-03T08:13:08Z")
> [@ellocco](#):
>
> This works only in the native Julia REPL
Meanwhile, I figured out how to determine, if a given script is executed outside VScode, as `REPL.TerminalMenus` / `Base.prompt()` does currently do not work inside the `VScode-REPL`. Here my idea:
```julia
isincli() = isempty(Base.PROGRAM_FILE)
```
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