readkey full text.

[captian jaster]

Im trying to make it that when the user inputs a full word like "Close"
the program closes.
The problem is readkey only reads from one key
so as soon as i press one letter the programs error pops up!
what do i do??

[Bart]

That would really depend on the situation.
If you are asking the user for a command to enter, just uses read() or readln().

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var
  Answer: String;

  ...
  write('What to do next: ');
  readln(Answer);
  if UpperCase(Answer) = 'CLOSE' then CleanUpAndCloseMyPrettyProgram;
  ..

If this doen't apply to youre situation, please try to describe the situation where you would need this.

Bart

[captian jaster]

Thanks!
thats what i needed it to do!

[Bart]

You might consider reading some basic Pascal tutorial, for instance: http://www.algonet.se/~khaan/tutor/

Have fun!

Bart