getting int from User Javascript

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EDIT >> readline is not working, getting this message in the terminal "ReferenceError: readline is not defined"

Javascript noob here

I'm writing a program where I am trying to get an int from the user. I know how to do this usually within a HTML document however nothing is working within the .js file which I am running in the terminal of my linux machine.

for instance I want to say

console.log("enter your number");
//code that collects the int named var yourint
console.log ("your number was " + yourint);

It's really battering my brain, because I know I'm just drawing a blank and the solution is obvious.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3120761/how-do-i-get-console-input-in-javascript — Pierre Emmanuel Lallemant, Jan 01 '16 at 20:30
Have you looked at the documentation of whatever program you are using for a JS shell? — Patrick Evans, Jan 01 '16 at 20:43
using node.js Yeah I just can't figure out why it's not working — Bartholomew, Jan 01 '16 at 20:45

repzero · Answer 1 · 2016-01-01T20:47:52.073

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console.log is outputs a message to a web console not a shell

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Console/log

if you are using js24 in linux it will throw an error like

typein:1:0 ReferenceError: console is not defined

you might want to use print

example

var input=readline('enter your number');
print('your number was '+input)

edited Jan 01 '16 at 20:47

answered Jan 01 '16 at 20:45

repzero

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It doesn't throw any error, it prints using console.log. The error is in the readline() and I cannot figure out why. – Bartholomew Jan 01 '16 at 20:47
what shell interpeter are you using?js24? – repzero Jan 01 '16 at 20:48

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