User/Console Input (read, readline, input)

General Usage
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For the Y/N choice, I like this one too:

str = Base.prompt("[Y] / N ? ") in ("","y","Y") ? "Y" : "N"
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As usual, I learned something new and useful from you :grinning:

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Thanks! - This works only in the native Julia REPL, it does not work for me inside VScode :frowning:

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It works for me in both VS Code under Windows 11 and Code - OSS under Manjaro Linux.

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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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I guess that Execute active file in REPL isn’t intended for interactive scripts.

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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:

isincli() = isempty(Base.PROGRAM_FILE)