ask - ask parameter from terminal
#include The prompt parameter is written to standard output, and one line is read from
standard input. If the response is valid for the datatype specified, the response
is written as a character string into the location pointed to by the ans parameter.
A pointer to the response is also returned by ask. If the response is longer
than anslen-1 characters, or is not valid for the data type specified, an error
message is written to standard output and the prompt is reissued. The error
message displays the original input and what data type it should be, for example:
03/32/81 not a valid date The valid datatypes are named in the include file
and are: BOOLEAN_TYPE MONEY_TYPE CHAR_TYPE REAL_TYPE DATE_TYPE STRING_TYPE INT_TYPE
TIME_TYPE
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