I need the user to enter a phrase, every letter of the phrase is to go into an array, which I would then display. The problem is that phrase would include commas and points, but when I type a comma, I get a "redo from start". How can I allow the user to enter commas into the phrase.

This is what I have:

INPUT "Enter a phrase: ", Phrase$
PRINT
Length = LEN(Phrase$)
PRINT Length
DIM Word$(1 TO Length)
FOR Count = 1 TO Length
Letter$ = MID$(Phrase$, Count, 1)
Word$(Count) = Letter$
PRINT Word$(Count);
NEXT Count

: I need the user to enter a phrase, every letter of the phrase is to go into an array, which I would then display. The problem is that phrase would include commas and points, but when I type a comma, I get a "redo from start". How can I allow the user to enter commas into the phrase.
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: This is what I have:
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: INPUT "Enter a phrase: ", Phrase$
: PRINT
: Length = LEN(Phrase$)
: PRINT Length
: DIM Word$(1 TO Length)
: FOR Count = 1 TO Length
: Letter$ = MID$(Phrase$, Count, 1)
: Word$(Count) = Letter$
: PRINT Word$(Count);
: NEXT Count
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: The answer to your question is very simple. I, too had this problem once before when I was 12. Just do this:

LINE INPUT "Enter a phrase: ";Phrase$

LINE INPUT will allow the user to enter any punctuation or symbols. However, LINE INPUT will never prompt the user with a question mark as does INPUT. So, if you're asking the user a question, you must insert the question mark.
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: : I need the user to enter a phrase, every letter of the phrase is to go into an array, which I would then display. The problem is that phrase would include commas and points, but when I type a comma, I get a "redo from start". How can I allow the user to enter commas into the phrase.
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: : This is what I have:
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: : INPUT "Enter a phrase: ", Phrase$
: : PRINT
: : Length = LEN(Phrase$)
: : PRINT Length
: : DIM Word$(1 TO Length)
: : FOR Count = 1 TO Length
: : Letter$ = MID$(Phrase$, Count, 1)
: : Word$(Count) = Letter$
: : PRINT Word$(Count);
: : NEXT Count
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: : The answer to your question is very simple. I, too had this problem once before when I was 12. Just do this:
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: LINE INPUT "Enter a phrase: ";Phrase$
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: LINE INPUT will allow the user to enter any punctuation or symbols. However, LINE INPUT will never prompt the user with a question mark as does INPUT. So, if you're asking the user a question, you must insert the question mark.
--Dr. COM WIZ
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This has been,
Dr. COM WIZ
PS Thank you and goodnight!

: I need the user to enter a phrase, every letter of the phrase is to go into an array, which I would then display. The problem is that phrase would include commas and points, but when I type a comma, I get a "redo from start". How can I allow the user to enter commas into the phrase.
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: This is what I have:
:
: INPUT "Enter a phrase: ", Phrase$
: PRINT
: Length = LEN(Phrase$)
: PRINT Length
: DIM Word$(1 TO Length)
: FOR Count = 1 TO Length
: Letter$ = MID$(Phrase$, Count, 1)
: Word$(Count) = Letter$
: PRINT Word$(Count);
: NEXT Count
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What comwiz said. But, I was looking at your code and I realized that you could use a function to simulate an array of characters.(strings are arrays of characters anyways).

I'm writing this on the fly, so there might be a bug or two in it.

FUNCTION CharArray$(a$,n%)
    l% = LEN(a$)
    r$ = ""
    IF NOT n% > l% THEN
        r$ = MID$(a$, n%, 1)
        END IF
    CharArray$ = r$
END FUNCTION

INPUT "Enter a phrase: ", Phrase$
PRINT
Length% = LEN(Phrase$)
PRINT Length%
FOR Count% = 1 TO Length%
    PRINT CharArray$(Phrase$, count%)
NEXT Count%

This only works for getting the element from the string.

Thanks for the help.