CHOICE

Waits for the user to press a key, from a list of choices

Jim Hall, jhall@freedos.net

Usage:

CHOICE [/B] [/C[:]choices] [/N] [/S] [/T[:]c,nn] [text]

OPTIONS:

• /B Sounds an alert (beep) at prompt.

• /C[:]choices Specifies allowable keys in the prompt. When displayed, the keys will be separated by commas, will appear in brackets ([]), and will be followed by a question mark. If you don't specify the /C switch, choice uses YN as the default. The colon (:) is optional.

• /N Causes choice not to display the prompt. The text before the prompt is still displayed, however. If you specify the /N switch, the specified keys are still valid.

• /S Causes choice to be case sensitive. If the /S switch is not specified, choice will accept either upper or lower case of the keys that the user specifies.

• /T[:]c,nn Causes choice to pause for a specified number of seconds before defaulting to a specified key. The values for the /T switch are as follows:

  • c Specifies the character to display after nn seconds. The character must be in the set of choices specified by the /C switch.

  • nn Specifies the number of seconds to pause. Acceptable values are from 0 to 99. If 0 is specified, there will be no pause before defaulting.

• text Prompt string to display