Method GetCommandLineString

source/interfaces/core/src/G4UIcsh.cc:41–70

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G4String G4UIcsh::GetCommandLineString(const char* msg)
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{
  MakePrompt(msg);
  G4cout << promptString << std::flush;

  G4String newCommand;
  G4StrUtil::readline(G4cin, newCommand, false);
  if (! G4cin.good()) {
    G4cin.clear();
    newCommand = "exit";
    return newCommand;
  }
  G4StrUtil::rstrip(newCommand, '\r');  // fix for odd behavior on Windows

  // multi-line
  while ((newCommand.length() > 0) && (newCommand[G4int(newCommand.length() - 1)] == '_')) {
    G4String newLine;
    newCommand.erase(newCommand.length() - 1);
    G4StrUtil::readline(G4cin, newLine, false);
    if (! G4cin.good()) {
      G4cin.clear();
      newCommand = "exit";
      return newCommand;
    }
    newCommand.append(newLine);
  }

  return newCommand;
}