GetEchoNumber

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number = GetEchoNumber(window,msg,x,y,textColor,bgColor)

Get a number typed at the keyboard. Entry is terminated by
<return> or <enter>. Typed characters are displayed on the screen.
Useful for i/o in a Screen window. Equivalent to
"number=str2num(GetEchoString(...))".

Returns the empty matrix if no number is entered. Returns a
column vector with multiple numbers if more than one number
is entered.

See also: GetNumber, GetString, GetEchoString

2/4/97 dhb Wrote it.
3/15/97 dgp Replaced sscanf by str2num, which copes better with nonnumeric input,
3/15/97 dgp Call GetEchoString instead of doing the work here.
3/18/97 dhb Got rid of obsolete 's' interface.
10/22/10 mk Switch to use of KbGetChar for keyboard input.