*PROMPT Prompt for Procedure Variable value

*PROMPT &var [, 'text'] [,L] [D]

The user will be prompted for the value for the procedure variable &var.

&var Name of the procedure variable to be assigned the value entered by the user.

text Text for the prompt.

If no text is specified in the PROMPT statement, '&VAR=' will be displayed as the prompt.

L The text for the &var variable will not be converted to uppercase.

Standard: The text will be converted to uppercase.

D The text for the &var variable will not be displayed i.e the field is dark.

Standard: The text in response to the PROMPT statement is visible.