Using VSCode and Julia Plugin, User Input Doesn't Seem To Work

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1

I’m unable to properly accept user input from the terminal in VS Code.

  1. I have a file called asking-for-user-input.jl, that has the following code:
function main()
  println("Enter your first name:")
  first_name = readline()
  println("Your first name is $first_name")
end

main()
  1. I right click on the file and select Julia:Execute File in REPL.
  2. It opens and prompts for input, but does this:
Enter your first name:
julia> Svetlana
Your first name is 
ERROR: UndefVarError: Svetlana not defined

It seems this has occurred before with Juno, is their anyway to fix this problem?

It doesn’t seem to have a problem accepting and working with numbers, just strings.

2

It’s a known issue, but unlikely to be fixed soon. I’d recommend the usual workaround of executing main in the REPL directly.

3

Out of curiosity, why won’t it be fixed soon? Just not a priority?