prompt
fun <R> prompt(promptText: String, exceptionHandler: (Exception) -> String? = { null }, transform: (input: String) -> R): R(source)
Prints @param promptText, reads input from console and applies @param transform to it. If @param transform throws an exception on user input, @param exceptionHandler will be invoked, and prompt will be repeated.
Example: snippet below will ask user for input until given input can be parsed to Double
prompt(
"input number:",
{ "this is not a number" },
)
{ it.toFloat() }Content copied to clipboard
Return
user input with transform applied