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 Displays a prompt in a dialog box, waits for the user to input text or
 choose a button, and returns the contents of the edit box. INPUTBOX$ is
 available in screen mode 0 only.
 
     INPUTBOX$(prompt$ [,title$ [,default$ [,xpos%, ypos%]]])
 
     ■ prompt$      String expression containing the message to display in
                    the dialog box; maximum length is 255 characters
 
     ■ title$       String expression to display in the title bar of the
                    dialog box; if omitted, no title is dispaly; title$ text
                    greater than 46 characters in length is truncated on the
                    right
 
     ■ default$     String expression to display in the edit box as the
                    default response if no other input is provided; if
                    omitted, the empty string is displayed ("")
 
     ■ xpos%        Numeric expression that specifies, in characters, the
                    horizontal distance of the left edge of the dialog box
                    from the left edge of the desktop; if omitted, dialog is
                    centered
 
     ■ ypos%        Numeric expression that specifies, in characters, the
                    vertical distance of the top edge of the dialog box from
                    the top edge of the desktop; if omitted, dialog is
                    centered
 
 See Also
    ◄INPUT Statement►                  ◄INPUT # Statement►
    ◄MSGBOX Function►                  ◄MSGBOX Statement►