Input when using an Int

hey guys..a very simple question but I just cant seem to figure it out....

I want to record a number from the user into an Int

but using something like....

number : int = input("blah")

gives me an error saying cannot convert from string to int..
would I have to actually convert it from a string? seems pretty long winded to me.

its ok guys I figured it out.

grr sorry, I thought I had sorted it when I checked out a forum post which said I should do....

guess = Int(Input("Input an integer: "))


but that just created an input in the output window instead of the app window

I have setup a game window with Graphics,800,600,0,0 so I thought it would have put it to there

any help guys?

There is no graphical version of 'Input' in native BlitzMax. You can write your own using getchar() or
check the code archives for other people's.
Such as...
BMax Input

try this

Graphics 640,480,0

foo$ = gl_input$(10,10,"what is your name? ")

SetColor 255,255,0 ; SetScale(2,2) 

DrawText "hello "+foo$+", how are you?",100,100

Flip
WaitMouse

End 


'-------------------------------------
Function gl_input$(x,y,prompt$ = "?")

	Repeat
	
		Cls
		DrawText prompt$+m$,10,10
		DrawText key,10,50
		hit_key = 0
		For key = 1 To 226
		
			hit_key = KeyHit(key)
			If hit_key 
				m$ = m$ + Chr(key)
			
				If key = KEY_ENTER
					Return m$
				EndIf
				If key = KEY_BACKSPACE
					l = Len(m$)
					m = m[..l-2]
				EndIf
			EndIf 
		Next
	
 	Flip
	Until KeyHit(KEY_ESCAPE)

End Function