is a WSTP packet that requests input in string form.
InputStringPacket
is a WSTP packet that requests input in string form.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
Launch a subsidiary Wolfram Language kernel process:
Write the packet representing the text "InputString[]" to enter:
Read the InputStringPacket expression indicating a prompt for input:
See Also
Tech Notes
History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), InputStringPacket, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InputStringPacket.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "InputStringPacket." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InputStringPacket.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). InputStringPacket. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InputStringPacket.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_inputstringpacket, author="Wolfram Research", title="{InputStringPacket}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InputStringPacket.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_inputstringpacket, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={InputStringPacket}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InputStringPacket.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}