Text Boxes
Text boxes allow to input or visualize a text in a visual program. There exist two types of text boxes :
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text-boxes are limited to a single line. They accept neither line returns, nor tabulations.
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** text-views ** can have several lines and accept line returns or tabulations.
1) TEXT-BOX and 2) TEXT-VIEW
Inputs / Outputs
Text-Box and Text-View
Text boxes have one input and output :
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“text” input : something to display, such as a string[1] or other type of data.
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“text” output : returns the current contents of the box.
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Uses
Displaying Results
Text boxes are convenient tools for the visualization of intermediate results returned by boxes.
Using a text box to display a result.
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Modifying Inputs Intermediate Data
Text boxes can also be use for inputting or modifying f-data in OM visual programs.
Using a text box to input data. Lock the box to preserve its content at the evaluation.
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“Lock” Mode
Text boxes must be locked not to be reinitialized and return their current content at the evaluation.
To lock a box, press b .
References :
- String
A characters chain between two inverted commas.
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