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PRAGMA PROGRAM REFERENCE MANUAL
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RECEIVE LAYOUT

RVL

Standard Verb

Input/Output Operation

Target = LENGTH (LT)

Accepts input from a device attached to the serial I/O port and writes it into
the noun you specify. It functions like RECEIVE except that it lets you spe-
cify the maximum number of characters to accept or the number of seconds to
wait in the receive loop before timing out. If no timeout is given the pro-
gram will wait forever until the receive terminator character is seen.
The target noun LENGTH contains a count of the number of characters received.

RECEIVE using layout LAYOUT into the noun NOUN
LAYOUT is a specification indicating the maximum number of characters to acce-
pt when is is a positive integer from 1 to 2048 inclusive. The optional digit
to the right of the decimal point is the number of seconds to wait before
timing out. NOUN can be any noun.