barrie said:
>   PRINT# 1, number
>   PRINT# 1, String$(1)
>   PRINT# 1, number2
>   When read with
>   INPUT# 1, number
>   INPUT# 1, String$(1)
>   INPUT# 1, number2
>   Does not work. number reads OK 
>   but the string is empty and number2 is wrong.

oops, i missed it first time through,
but you really want to use "line input"
to read a string, not "input"...

-bowerbird