Prompting for and accepting input in Windows PowerShell

Question

In a trivia script, how would you enter a fill in the blank question and an answer like the Seinfeld trivia game in Programming for Beginners? Please help - it is homework.

Answer 1

There is the Read-Host cmdlet for reading input from the user, and you'll need some conditional logic to check against the correct answer.

Answer 2

As well as Read-Host you can directly use the System.Console class, to read a single character (without needing ENTER):

$key = [Console]::ReadKey()
$char = $key.KeyChar

Answer 3

#Ask the player the seventh question
while (($question7 -eq "")) {

  Clear-Host  #Clear the Windows command console screen

  Write-Host
  Write-Host " What food item did Jerry say Newman wouldn't eat even if it was deep fried in chocolate sauce?"
  Write-Host
  Write-Host " Broccoli"
  Write-Host " Peas"
  Write-Host " Apples"
  Write-Host " Carrots"
  Write-Host
  $question7 = Read-Host " Type the word representing the correct answer" `
    "and press the Enter key"

}