Subj : getkeys
To   : Nelgin
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat May 30 2020 09:44 pm

 Re: getkeys
 By: Nelgin to digitalman on Sat May 30 2020 08:52 pm

> I'm trying to use console.getkeys to have a user select a page in an address
> book they want to go to.
>
> I have a variable, pages, which contains a number so I'm using
>
> var keypress = console.getkeys(pages);
>
> According to the jsobjs file:
>
> "get one key from of a list of valid command keys, or a number between 1 and
> maxnum"
>
> Since I'm passing a number, I would expect only to be able to input a number
> between 1 and whatever pages is, however it lets me enter any character.
>
> What am I doing wrong?

You're not passing any keys.

> Just in case, I also tried forcing pages to be typeof number.

If you only want a number, use console.getnum() instead.

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