io.read() ?

I know that in order to receive an input, it has to be input = read() or Input = read(), I think o.O. However, I recently saw a piece of code that used y = io.read(). I'm assuming this is the same thing as an input, but it labels that input as y or whatever the variable is?

just changes that function to a variable :unsure:/>/> which in that case was y

FuzzyPurp, on 04 March 2012 - 02:29 AM said:

just changes that function to a variable :unsure:/>/> which in that case was y

Ah, okay. Thanks!

Also, since you talked about read() and io.read():
The former is a customized version of io.read(), created with / made for ComputerCraft (see "bios.lua" in .minecraftmodsComputerCraftlua) and makes it possible to have an input history and/or define a replacement character.
If e.g. you'd use this…

local myInput = read( "*" )

… then it will display every entered character as an asterisk, effectively masking what you type.

Espen, on 04 March 2012 - 02:54 AM said:

If e.g. you'd use this…

local myInput = read( "*" )

… then it will display every entered character as an asterisk, effectively masking what you type.

Right, right. I was just wondering if io.read() is the only read() function that can label an input a variable.