IO::Prompt - Interactively prompt for user input


IO-Prompt documentation Contained in the IO-Prompt distribution.

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NAME

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IO::Prompt - Interactively prompt for user input

VERSION

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This document describes IO::Prompt version 0.997001

SYNOPSIS

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    use IO::Prompt;
    while( prompt "next: " ) {
        print "You said '$_'\n";
    }

DESCRIPTION

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By default, this module exports a single function prompt. It prompts the user to enter some input, and returns an object that represents the user input.

You may specify various flags to the function to affect its behaviour; most notably, it defaults to automatically chomp the input, unless the -line flag is specified.

Two other functions are exported at request: hand_print, which simulates hand-typing to the console; and get_input, which is the lower-level function that actually prompts the user for a suitable input.

Note that this is an interim re-release. A full release with better documentation will follow in the near future. Meanwhile, please consult the examples directory from this module's CPAN distribution to better understand how to make use of this module.

INTERFACE

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Arguments to prompt

Any argument not of the following forms is treated as part of the text of the prompt itself.

 Flag   Long form      Arg          Effect
 ----   ---------      ---          ------
                       <str>        Use <str> as prompt

                       <filehandle> Prompt to specified filehandle

                       <hashref>    Flatten hash entries into argument list
                                    (useful for aggregating the options below)

 -p     -prompt        <str>        Specify prompt explicitly

 -s     -speed         <num>        Simulated typing speed (seconds/char)

 -e     -echo          <str>        What to echo for each char typed

 -nl    -newline       <str>        When a newline is typed, echo <str> instead

 -d     -default       <str>        What to return if only <return> pressed




 -r     -require       <hashref>    Each value of each entry must 'smartmatch'
                                    the input else corresponding key is printed
                                    as error message:
                                     - Subs must return true when passed input
                                     - Regexes must pattern match input
                                     - Strings must eq match input
                                     - Arrays are flattened & recursively matched
                                     - Hashes must return true for input as key

 -u     -until         <str|rgx>    Fail if input matches <str|regex>
        -fail_if               

 -w     -while         <str|rgx>    Fail unless input matches <str|regex>
        -okay_if       

 -m     -menu          <list|hash>  Show the data specified as a menu 
                                    and allow one to be selected. Enter
                                    an <ESC> to back up one level.

 -1     -one_char                   Return immediately after first char typed

 -x     -escape                     Pressing <ESC> returns "\e" immediately

 -raw   -raw_input                  Return only the string that was input
                                    (turns off context-sensitive features)

 -c     -clear                      Clear screen before prompt
 -f     -clear_first                Clear screen before first prompt only

 -a     -argv                       Load @ARGV from input if @ARGV empty

 -l     -line                       Don't autochomp

 -t     -tty                        Prompt to terminal no matter what

 -y     -yes                        Return true if [yY] entered, false otherwise
 -yn    -yes_no                     Return true if [yY], false if [nN]
 -Y     -Yes                        Return true if 'Y' entered, false otherwise
 -YN    -Yes_No                     Return true if 'Y', false if 'N'

 -num   -number                     Accept only valid numbers as input
 -i     -integer                    Accept only valid integers as input

Note that the underscores between words in flags like -one_char and -yes_no are optional.

Flags can be "cuddled". For example:

     prompt("next: ", -tyn1s=>0.2)   # -tty, -yes, -no, -one_char, -speed=>0.2

"Hand-written" printing via hand_print()

The hand_print() subroutine takes a string and prints it out in the stop-and-start manner of hand-typed text.

Low-level input retrieval via get_input()

The get_input() subroutine is a low-level utility subroutine that takes an input filehandle, an output filehandle, a reference to a hash of options (as listed for prompt(), above) and a single prompt string. It prints the prompt and retreives the input. You almost certainly want to use prompt() instead.

DIAGNOSTICS

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Can't write prompt to read-only $_

You specified a filehandle to which the prompt should be written, but that filehandle was not writeable. Did you pass the wrong filehandle, or open it in the wrong mode?

Missing argument for %s option

The flag you specified takes an argument, but you didn't provide that argument.

Unknown flag ($s) in prompt

The flag you specified wasn't one of those that prompt() understands. Did you misspell it, perhaps?

Argument to -require must be hash reference

The -require option takes a single argument that is a hash. You tried to pass it something else. Try a hash instead.

Cannot write to terminal: %s
Cannot read from terminal: %s

prompt() attempted to access the terminal but couldn't. This may mean your environment has no /dev/tty available, in which case there isn't much you can do with this module. Sorry.

Can't open %s: %s

prompt() tried to read input via *ARGV from a file specified on the command-line, but the file couldn't be opened for the reason shown. This is usually either a permission problem, a non-existent file, or a mistyped filepath.

Argument to -menu must be hash or array reference

The -menu option requires an argument that is either an array:

    prompt -menu=>['yes', 'no', 'maybe'];

or a hash:

    prompt -menu=>{yes=>1, no=>0, maybe=>0.5};

or a hash of hashes (of hashes (of array))

Too many -menu items
Too few -menu items

A menu can't have fewer than 1 or more than 26 items.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

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IO::Prompt requires no configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

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IO::Prompt requires the following modules:

INCOMPATIBILITIES

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The module requires a /dev/tty device be available. It is therefore incompatible with any system that doesn't provide such a device.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

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No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-io-prompt@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

FAQ

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This is a collection of things that might help. Please send your questions that are not answered here to Damian Conway <DCONWAY@cpan.org>

Can I use this module with ActivePerl on Windows?

Up to now, the answer was 'No', but this has changed.

You still cannot use ActivePerl, but if you use the Cygwin environment (http://sources.redhat.com), which brings its own perl, and have the latest IO::Tty (v0.05 or later) installed, it should work (feedback appreciated).

THANKS

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My deepest gratitude to Autrijus Tang and Brian Ingerson, who have taken care of this module for the past twelve months, while I was off trekking in the highlands of Perl 6. Now it's their turn for some mountain air, I'll be looking after this module again.

AUTHOR

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Damian Conway <DCONWAY@cpan.org>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

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DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

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IO-Prompt documentation Contained in the IO-Prompt distribution.

package IO::Prompt;

our $VERSION = '0.997001';

use strict;
use Carp;

use 5.008;
no warnings 'utf8';

our @EXPORT    = qw( prompt );
our @EXPORT_OK = qw( hand_print get_input );

use IO::Handle;
use Term::ReadKey;
use POSIX qw( isprint );

my $clearfirst;
my %input;

sub _clear {
    return unless $_[0];
    open my $OUT, ">/dev/tty" or croak "Cannot write to terminal: $!";
    print {$OUT} "\n" x 60;
    $clearfirst = 0;
}

our %flags_arg = (
    p  => 'prompt',
    s  => 'speed',
    e  => 'echo',
    r  => 'require',
    d  => 'default',
    u  => 'until',
    w  => 'while',
    nl => 'newline',
    m  => 'menu',
);

our %flags_alias = (
    '-okayif'  => '-while',   '-okay_if' => '-while',
    '-failif'  => '-until',   '-fail_if' => '-until',
);

our %flags_noarg = (
    y   => 'yes',
    n   => 'no',
    i   => 'integer',
    num => 'number',
    raw => 'raw_input',
    1   => 'onechar',
    c   => 'clear',
    f   => 'clearfirst',
    a   => 'argv',
    l   => 'line',
    t   => 'tty',
    x   => 'escape',
);

my $RECORD;    # store filehandle for __PROMPT__ file supporting -record flag

$flags_arg{$_}   = $_ for values %flags_arg;
$flags_noarg{$_} = $_ for values %flags_noarg;

my $flag_with_arg = join '|', reverse sort keys %flags_arg;
my $flag_no_arg   = join '|', reverse sort keys %flags_noarg;

my %yespat = (
    'y' => qr/^\s*[yY]/,
    'Y' => qr/^\s*Y/,
);

my %nopat = (
    'n' => qr/^\s*[nN]/,
    'N' => qr/^\s*N/,
);

my %num_pat = (
    integer => qr{[+-]? \d+ (?:[Ee]+?\d+ )?}x,
    number  => qr{[+-]? (?:\d+[.]?\d* | [.]\d+) (?:[Ee][+-]?\d+)? }x,
);

sub _get_prompt (\%@) {
    my ($flags, @data) = @_;
    my ($OUT);
    @data = map { $flags_alias{$_} || defined($_) ? $_ : "" } @data;
    for (my $i = 0 ; $i < @data ; $i++) {
        local *_ = \$data[$i];
        if (ref eq 'HASH') {
            splice @data, $i + 1, 0, %$_;
        }
        elsif (ref eq 'GLOB' or UNIVERSAL::isa($_, 'IO::Handle')) {
            croak "Can't write prompt to read-only $_" unless -w;
            $OUT = $_;
        }
        elsif (/^-/) {  # a flag
            s/_//g;
            if (s/^-(f|clearfirst)/-/) {
                $clearfirst = 1 unless defined $clearfirst;
            }
            elsif (s/^-(yes|y)/-/i) {
                $flags->{-yesno}{yes} = $yespat{ substr $1, 0, 1 };
                $flags->{-yesno}{yesprompt} = substr $1, 0, 1;
            }
            elsif (s/^-(?:nl|newline)/-/i) {
                $flags->{-nlstr} = $data[ $i + 1 ];
                undef $data[ $i++ ];
            }
            elsif (s/^-escape|-x/-/i) {
                $flags->{-escape} = 1;
            }
            elsif (s/^-raw_?(?:input)?/-/i) {
                $flags->{-raw_input} = 1;
            }
            elsif (s/^-number|-num/-/i) {
                $flags->{-number} = 'number';
            }
            elsif (s/^-integer|-i/-/i) {
                $flags->{-number} = 'integer';
            }
            elsif (s/^-(no|n)/-/i) {
                $flags->{-yesno}{no} = $nopat{ substr $1, 0, 1 };
                $flags->{-yesno}{noprompt} = substr $1, 0, 1;
            }
            elsif (m/^-($flag_with_arg)/) {
                croak "Missing argument for $_ option" if @data < $i+2 
                                                       || !defined $data[$i+1];
                s/^-($flag_with_arg)/-/;
                $flags->{ -$flags_arg{$1} } = $data[$i+1];
                undef $data[$i++];
            }
            elsif (s/^-($flag_no_arg)/-/) {
                $flags->{ -$flags_noarg{$1} } = 1;
            }
            else { croak "Unknown flag ($_) in prompt" }

            redo if defined $_ && /^-./;
        }
        else { next }
        undef $data[$i];
    }
    $_ =
        !defined() ? undef
      : ref eq 'Regexp' ? $_
      : qr/^\Q$_\E$/
      for @{$flags}{qw(-while -until -failif -okayif)};

    for (grep { defined } $flags->{ -require }) {
        croak "Argument to -require must be hash reference"
          unless ref eq 'HASH';
        my %reqs = %$_;
        $_ = sub {
            my ($input) = @_;
            for (keys %reqs) {
                return $_ unless _smartmatch($input, $reqs{$_});
            }
            return;
        };
    }
    my @prompt = grep { defined } @data;
    if (@prompt && exists $flags->{-default}) {
        my $prompt = join "", @prompt;
        $prompt =~ s/(:?\s*)$/ [$flags->{-default}]$1/ if $prompt !~ /\[.*\]/;
        @prompt = $prompt;
    }
    return $OUT, @prompt;
}

my $prompt_req = "(The value entered is not acceptable) ";

sub prompt {
    my $caller = caller;

    local $\ = q{};   # Make sure no funny business on print statements

    my %flags;
    my ($OUT, @prompt) = _get_prompt(%flags, @_);
    open $OUT, ">/dev/tty" or croak "Cannot write to terminal: $!" if !$OUT;
    $OUT->autoflush(1);
    @prompt = $flags{ -prompt } if !@prompt and $flags{ -prompt };
    my $IN;
    if ($flags{-tty} || $flags{-argv}) {
        open $IN, "</dev/tty" or croak "Cannot read from terminal: $!";
    }
    else {
        no strict 'refs';
        my $ARGV = $caller . "::ARGV";
        unless (*$ARGV->opened) {
            $$ARGV = shift(@$ARGV) || '-';
            open $ARGV or croak "Can't open $$ARGV: $!";
        }
        $IN = \*$ARGV;
        @prompt = () unless -t $IN;
    }
    $flags{-speed} = 0.075 unless defined $flags{-speed};
    use Want qw( want );
    $flags{-set_underscore} ||= want('BOOL');

    $clearfirst = 1 if !defined($clearfirst) && $flags{-clearfirst};
    _clear($flags{ -clear } || $clearfirst);
    my $input;
    if (-t $IN and defined $input{$caller}) {
        $input = _fake_from_DATA($caller, $IN, $OUT, \%flags, @prompt);
    }
    elsif ($flags{-argv}) {
        return if @ARGV;
        @prompt = "Args for $0: " if -t $IN and !@prompt;
        print {$OUT} @prompt;
        @ARGV = map glob, split /\s+/, get_input($IN, $OUT, \%flags, @prompt);
        return @ARGV;
    }
    elsif ($flags{-yesno}) {
        return _yesno($IN, $OUT, \%flags, @prompt);
    }
    elsif ($flags{-number}) {
        return _number($IN, $OUT, \%flags, @prompt);
    }
    elsif ($flags{-menu}) {
        return _menu($IN, $OUT, \%flags, @prompt);
    }
    else {
        print {$OUT} @prompt;
        $input = get_input($IN, $OUT, \%flags, @prompt);
    }
    return _tidy($input, %flags);
}

sub _tidy {
    my ($input, %flags) = @_;
    my $defined = defined $input;
    chomp $input if $defined && !$flags{-line};
    my $success = $defined
      && (!$flags{ -while } || $input =~ $flags{ -while })
      && (!$flags{ -until } || $input !~ $flags{ -until });
    print {$RECORD} $input, "\n" if $success && $RECORD;
    return "$input" if $flags{-raw_input};
    return bless {
        value   => $input,
        success => $success,
        set_val => $flags{ -set_underscore },
      },
      'IO::Prompt::ReturnVal';
}

sub _success {
    my ($val, $no_set, $raw) = @_;
    print {$RECORD} $val, "\n" if $val && $RECORD;
    return "$val" if $raw;
    return bless {
        value   => $val,
        success => 1,
        set_val => !$no_set,
      },
      'IO::Prompt::ReturnVal';
}

sub _failure {
    my ($val, $raw) = @_;
    return "$val" if $raw;
    return bless {
        value   => $val,
        success => 0,
        set_val => 0,
      },
      'IO::Prompt::ReturnVal';
}

sub import {
    my $class = shift;

    {
        no strict 'refs';
        *{ caller() . "::$_" } = \&{$_} for @EXPORT;

        foreach my $sym (@_) {
            grep { $_ eq $sym } @EXPORT_OK or next;
            *{ caller() . "::$sym" } = \&{$sym};
        }
    }

    @_ = grep /^-/, @_;
    $input{ caller() } = undef;
    if ("@_" eq "-clearfirst") {
        $clearfirst = 1;
        return;
    }
    for my $i (0 .. $#_) {
        last if $RECORD;
        if ($_[$i] eq '-record') {
            splice @_, $i, 1;
            open $RECORD, '>', '__PROMPT__'
              or croak "Can't open __PROMPT__ recording file: $!";
            print {$RECORD} "__DATA__\n__PROMPT__\n";
        }
    }
    prompt @_ if @_;
}

CHECK {
    for my $pkg (keys %input) {
        next if defined $input{$pkg};

        no strict 'refs';
        if (my $datahandle = *{"${pkg}::DATA"}{IO}) {
            local $/;
            my $data = <$datahandle>;
            if ($data =~ s/(\A|\n) __PROMPT__ \s*? \n (.*)/$1/xs) {
                $input{$pkg} = "$2";
            }
            else {
                delete $input{$pkg};
            }
            open "${pkg}::DATA", "<", \$data or die "Internal error: $!";
        }
        else {
            delete $input{$pkg};
        }
    }
}

my $baseline = ord 'A';

sub _visualize {
    local ($_) = @_;
    return isprint($_)         ? $_
         : $_ eq "\n"          ? $_
         : ord($_) == 0        ? ''
         : ord($_) < $baseline ? '^' . chr($baseline + ord($_) - 1)
         :                       '?'
}

sub hand_print {
    my $OUT   = \*STDOUT;
    my $echo  = undef;
    my $speed = 0.05;
    local $| = 1;
    for (@_) {
        if (ref eq 'HASH') {
            $speed = $_->{-speed} if exists $_->{-speed};
            $OUT   = $_->{-to}    if exists $_->{-to};
            $echo  = $_->{-echo}  if exists $_->{-echo};
        }
        elsif (!$speed) {
            print {$OUT} $_;
        }
        else {
            print {$OUT} $_ and select undef, undef, undef, rand $speed
              for map { defined $echo ? $echo : _visualize($_) } split "";
        }
    }
    return scalar @_;
}

sub _fake_from_DATA {
    my ($caller, $IN, $OUT, $flags, @prompt) = @_;
    local $SIG{INT} = sub { ReadMode 'restore', $IN; exit };
    ReadMode 'noecho', $IN;
    ReadMode 'raw',    $IN;
    print {$OUT} @prompt;
    my $input = getc $IN;
    if ($input =~ /\cD|\cZ/) { print {$OUT} _visualize($input),"\n"; return; }
    if ($input eq "\e") {
        ReadMode 'restore', $IN;
        return get_input($IN, $OUT, $flags, @prompt);
    }
    $input{$caller} =~ m/\G (?!\cD|\cZ) (.*) (\n?)/xgc;
    my ($line, $nlstr) = ($1, $2);
    unless (defined $line) {
        while ($input ne "\n") { $input = getc $IN }
        print {$OUT} "\n";
        return;
    }
    delete $input{$caller} if pos $input{$caller} == length $input{$caller};
    if ($input eq "\n") {
        hand_print { -to => $OUT, %$flags }, $line;
        unless (defined <$IN>) { print {$OUT} "\n"; return; }
    }
    else {
        my $i = 0;
        while (1) {
            my $done = $i >= length $line;
            print {$OUT} substr($line, $i++, 1) unless $done;
            if (getc $IN eq "\n") {
                last if $done;
                hand_print { -to => $OUT, %$flags }, substr($line, $i);
                $i = length $line;
            }
        }
    }
    ReadMode 'restore', $IN;
    print {$OUT} "\n";
    return $line . $nlstr;
}

sub get_input {
    my ($IN,      $OUT,   $flags, @prompt)  = @_;
    my ($onechar, $nlstr, $echo,  $require) =
      @{$flags}{ -onechar, -nlstr, -echo, -'require' };
    $nlstr = "\n" unless defined $nlstr;
    if (!-t $IN) {
        return scalar <$IN> unless $onechar;
        return getc $IN;
    }
    $OUT->autoflush(1);
    local $SIG{INT} = sub { ReadMode 'restore', $IN; exit };
    my ($input, $newlines);
    my %cntl = GetControlChars $IN;
    my $cntl = join '|', values %cntl;
    ReadMode 'raw', $IN;

  INPUT: while (1) {
        my $next = getc $IN;
        if ($next eq $cntl{INTERRUPT}) {
            ReadMode 'restore', $IN;
            exit;
        }
        elsif ($next eq $cntl{ERASE}) {
            if (defined $input && length $input) {
                substr($input, -1) = "";
                print {$OUT} "\b \b";
            }
            next;
        }
        elsif ($next eq $cntl{EOF}) {
            ReadMode 'restore', $IN;
            close $IN;
            return $input;
        }
        elsif ($flags->{-escape} && $next eq "\e") {
            ReadMode 'restore', $IN;
            print {$OUT} "<esc>";
            return "\e";
        }
        elsif ($next !~ /$cntl/ && defined $next) {
            $input .= $next;
            if ($next eq "\n") {
                if ($input eq "\n" && exists $flags->{-default}) {
                    print {$OUT} (
                         defined $echo
                         && $flags->{-menu} ? $echo
                       : defined $echo      ? $echo x length($flags->{-default})
                       :                      '['.$flags->{-default}.']'
                    );
                    print {$OUT} $nlstr;
                    ReadMode 'restore', $IN;
                    return $onechar ? substr($_, 0, 1) : $_
                      for $flags->{-default};
                }
                $newlines .= $nlstr;
            }
            else {
                print {$OUT}(defined $echo ? $echo : $next);
            }
        }
        else {
            $input .= $next;
        }
        if ($onechar or !defined $next or $input =~ m{\Q$/\E$}) {
            chomp $input unless $flags->{-line};
            if ($require and my $mesg = $require->($input)) {
                print {$OUT} "\r", " " x 79, "\r", sprintf($mesg, @prompt);
                undef $input;
                undef $newlines;
            }
            else {
                ReadMode 'restore', $IN;
                print {$OUT} $newlines if defined $newlines;
                return $onechar ? substr($input, 0, 1) : $input;
            }
        }
    }
}

sub _yesno {
    my ($IN,  $OUT, $flags,     @prompt)   = @_;
    my ($yes, $no,  $yesprompt, $noprompt) =
      @{ $flags->{ -yesno } }{qw(yes no yesprompt noprompt)};
    $yes = qr/^([^Nn])/ unless defined $yes;
    $no  = qr/^([^Yy])/ unless defined $no;
    my $prompt2 =
        $yesprompt && $noprompt ? "'$yesprompt' or '$noprompt'"
      : $yesprompt ? "'$yesprompt' for yes"
      : "'$noprompt' for no";
    my $raw = $flags->{-raw_input};
    print {$OUT} @prompt if -t $IN;
    while (1) {
        my $response =
          get_input($IN, $OUT, { %$flags, -nlstr => "" }, @prompt);
        chomp $response unless $flags->{-line};
        print {$OUT} "\n" and return _success($response, 'no_set', $raw)
            if defined $response and $response =~ /$yes/;
        print {$OUT} "\n" and return _failure($response, $raw)
          if !defined $response or $response =~ /$no/;
        print {$OUT} "\r", " " x 79, "\r", @prompt,
          "(Please answer $prompt2) "
          if -t $IN;
    }
}

sub _number {
    my ($IN, $OUT, $flags, @prompt) = @_;
    my $numtype    = $flags->{ -number };
    my $prompt_num = "(Please enter a valid $numtype) ";
    my $match      = $num_pat{$numtype};
    my $require    = $flags->{ -require };
    print {$OUT} @prompt if -t $IN;
    while (1) {
        my $response =
          get_input($IN, $OUT, { %$flags, -nlstr => "", -require => undef },
            @prompt);
        chomp $response if defined $response && !$flags->{-line};
        if (-t $IN and defined $response) {
            if ($response !~ /\A \s* $match \s* \Z/x) {
                print {$OUT} "\r", " " x 79, "\r", @prompt, $prompt_num;
                next;
            }
            elsif ($require and my $mesg = $require->($response)) {
                print {$OUT} "\r", " " x 79, "\r", sprintf($mesg, @prompt);
                next;
            }
        }
        print {$OUT} "\n" and return _tidy($response);
    }
}

sub _self { $_[0] }

sub _menu {
    my ($IN, $OUT, $flags, @prompt) = @_;
    my $datatype   = ref $flags->{ -menu };
    my @data = $datatype eq 'ARRAY'  ? @{ $flags->{ -menu } }
             : $datatype eq 'HASH'   ? sort keys %{ $flags->{ -menu } }
             : croak "Argument to -menu must be hash or array reference";

    my $val_for = $datatype eq 'ARRAY' 
                    ? \&_self
                    : sub { $flags->{ -menu }{$_[0]} };

    my $count = @data;

    croak "Too many -menu items" if $count > 26;
    croak "Too few -menu items"  if $count < 1;

    my $max_char = chr(ord('a') + $count - 1);
    my $menu = q{};

    my $default_key;
    my $next = 'a';
    for (@data) {
        my $item = $_;
        if (defined $flags->{ -default } && !defined $default_key && $item eq $flags->{ -default }) {
            $default_key = $next;
        }
        $item =~ s/\A/qq{     }.$next++.q{. }/xmse;
        $item =~ s/\n?\z/\n/xms;
        $item =~ s/(?!\Z)\n/\n        /gxms;
        $menu .= $item;
    }

    push @prompt, "\n$menu\n> ";

    my $prompt_range = "(Please enter a-$max_char) > ";
    my $require    = $flags->{ -require };
    print {$OUT} @prompt if -t $IN;
    while (1) {
        my $response =
          get_input($IN, $OUT, { %$flags, -escape => 1, -nlstr => "", -require => undef },
                    @prompt);
        chomp $response;
        if (-t $IN and defined $response) {
            if (length $response == 1 && $response eq "\e") {
                return $response;
            }
            elsif (length $response > 1 || ($response lt 'a' || $response gt $max_char) ) {
                if ($response ne $flags->{-default}) {
                    print {$OUT} "\r", " " x 79, "\r", $prompt_range;
                    next;
                }
                $response = $default_key;
            }
            elsif ($require and my $mesg = $require->($data[ord($response)-ord('a')])) {
                print {$OUT} "\r", " " x 79, "\r", sprintf($mesg, @prompt);
                next;
            }
        }
        print {$OUT} "\n";
        my $selection = $data[ord($response)-ord('a')];
        $response = defined $response ? $val_for->($selection) : $response;
        if (defined $response && ref($response) =~ m/\A(?:HASH|ARRAY)\z/xms ) {
            $response = _menu($IN, $OUT, {%{$flags}, -menu=>$response}, "$selection: ");
            if (defined $response && $response eq "\e") {
                print {$OUT} "\n", @prompt if -t $IN;
                next;
            }
        }
        return _tidy($response);
    }
}

sub _smartmatch {
    my ($str, $matcher) = @_;
    my $type = ref $matcher;
    my $res = $type eq 'CODE'
      ? do { local $_ = $str; $matcher->() }
      : $type eq 'Regexp' ? ($str =~ $matcher)
      : $type eq 'ARRAY' ? scalar grep({ _smartmatch($str, $_) } @$matcher)
      : $type eq 'HASH' ? $matcher->{$str}
      : $str eq $matcher;
    return $res;
}

package IO::Prompt::ReturnVal;

use overload
    q{bool} => sub {
        $_ = $_[0]{value} if $_[0]{set_val};
        $_[0]{handled} = 1;
        $_[0]{success};
    },
    q{""} => sub { $_[0]{handled} = 1; "$_[0]{value}"; },
    q{0+} => sub { $_[0]{handled} = 1; 0 + $_[0]{value}; },
    fallback => 1,
    ;

sub DESTROY {
    $_ = $_[0]{value} unless $_[0]{handled};
}

1; # Magic true value required at end of module
__END__