INPUT$ - a file I/O function that returns a string of characters
         read from the specified file
 
Syntax
  INPUT$(n[,[#]filenumber])
    - n, a numeric expression, is the number of characters to read from
      the file
    - If the optional filenumber argument is not used, characters are read
      from the DOS standard input device (see <DETAILS>)
    - If used, filenumber must be the number of an open file
 
See Also  <OPEN>